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Author:   François Delaporte ,  Susan Emanuel ,  Todd Meyers ,  Todd Meyers
Publisher:   Stanford University Press
Imprint:   Stanford University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9780804758505

ISBN 10:   0804758506
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   11 March 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction I i. Myology 7 An Anatomy Adrift o--An Electric Scalpel r6 Dissection of the Living 24 2. Machinery 32 The Limits ofPathognomny35-- king Pictures 48 Optical Illusions 56-The Eimegence of Variables p5 Pedagogy of the Gaze &6 3. Significations 67 The Language oqfassions 7o-Psychology and Physiology 79 Biolog, and Anthi; pology 88 4. Aesthetics 102 The Conference ofLe Brun ios-Rendering the Passions rI4 Expressive Heads 127--The Frenzy of Images _u7

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This remarkable book is exemplary of what the history of science can do for cultural and social history. - Bertand Taithe, University of Manchester

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François Delaporte is Professor of Philosophy at Université de Picardie Jules-Verne in Amiens, France. His publications include Nature's Second Kingdom (1982), The History of Yellow Fever (1991), and Disease and Civilization (1986).

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