Cabanis : : Enlightenment and Medical Philosophy in the French Revolution / / Martin S. Staum.

A physician and spokesman for the French Ideologues, Pierre-JeanGeorges Cabanis (1757-1808) stands at the crossroads of several influential developments in modern culture--Enlightenment optimism about human perfectibility, the clinical method in medicine, and the formation and adaptation of liberal...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1980
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 607
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Physical Description:1 online resource (444 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Introduction --
CHAPTER I. The Late Enlightenment: Chain of Being, Chain of Truths --
CHAPTER II. The Body as Mechanism --
CHAPTER III. The Soul and the Vital Principle in Physiology --
CHAPTER IV. Methodical Medicine in the Service of Humanity --
CHAPTER V. The Natural and Artificial in Society --
CHAPTER VI. The Perils of Revolution and the Rational Organization of Medical Experience --
CHAPTER VII. Sensitivity: Source of 'Physique' and 'Moral --
CHAPTER VIII. The Perfectibility of Temperament --
CHAPTER IX. Approaches to Psychophysiology --
CHAPTER X. In the Public Arena: Healing, Schooling, Governing --
CHAPTER XI. The Metaphysical Twilight --
Notes --
Appendix A --
Appendix B --
Appendix C --
Appendix D. "Cabanis" Manuscripts of the Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle --
Appendix E. Condensed Outline of Hygiene of J.-N. Hallé --
Bibliography --
Index
Summary:A physician and spokesman for the French Ideologues, Pierre-JeanGeorges Cabanis (1757-1808) stands at the crossroads of several influential developments in modern culture--Enlightenment optimism about human perfectibility, the clinical method in medicine, and the formation and adaptation of liberal social ideals in the French Revolution. This first major study of Cabanis in English traces the influences of these developments on his thought and career.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781400857029
9783110413441
9783110413564
9783110442496
DOI:10.1515/9781400857029
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Martin S. Staum.