Nervous Acts [electronic resource] : Essays on Literature, Culture and Sensibility / by G. Rousseau.
Nervous Acts
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9780230505155 978-0-230-50515-5
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/5259
Yazar
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2004.
Yayın Bilgisi
London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XII, 395 p. online resource.
Özet, vb.
These essays demonstrate the sweeping influence of the human nervous system on the rise of literature and sensibility in early modern Europe. The brain and nerves have usually been treated as narrow topics within the history of science and medicine. Now George Rousseau, an international authority on the relations of literature and medicine, demonstrates why a broader context is necessary. The nervous system was a crucial factor in the rise of recent civilization. More than any other body part, it holds the key to understanding how far back the strains and stresses of modern life - fatigue, depression, mental illness - extend.
Konu
Europe __ History.
Philosophy __ History.
Social history.
Civilization __ History.
Science __ History.
Literature __ Philosophy.
European History.
History of Philosophy.
Social History.
Cultural History.
History of Science.
Literary Theory.
Philosophy __ History.
Social history.
Civilization __ History.
Science __ History.
Literature __ Philosophy.
European History.
History of Philosophy.
Social History.
Cultural History.
History of Science.
Literary Theory.
