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Embodying Enlightenment
Rebecca Haidt
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Description for Embodying Enlightenment
Hardback. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 489.
In eighteenth-century Spain, just as in Britain and France, the term 'Enlightenment' implied both a spirit of criticism and the dissemination of new scientific and philosophical modes of thought. But in Spain this new way of thinking also required the incorporation of ancient epistemologies, in particular, practices and ideas concerning the healing, training, and experience of the body. In Embodying Enlightenment , Rebecca Haidt investigates this distinctly Spanish fascination with the cultural construction of bodies during the Enlightenment, particularly masculine bodies. Haidt interlaces a host of disciplines in her analysis of key works of eighteenth-century literature and art, including medical ... Read more
In eighteenth-century Spain, just as in Britain and France, the term 'Enlightenment' implied both a spirit of criticism and the dissemination of new scientific and philosophical modes of thought. But in Spain this new way of thinking also required the incorporation of ancient epistemologies, in particular, practices and ideas concerning the healing, training, and experience of the body. In Embodying Enlightenment , Rebecca Haidt investigates this distinctly Spanish fascination with the cultural construction of bodies during the Enlightenment, particularly masculine bodies. Haidt interlaces a host of disciplines in her analysis of key works of eighteenth-century literature and art, including medical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
Number of Pages
279
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312210885
SKU
V9780312210885
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About Rebecca Haidt
REBECCA HAIDT is Associate Professor of Spanish at Ohio State University and the author of various articles on eighteenth-century Spanish texts and cultural configurations. She was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for Independent Research in Mexico and a DAAD Direkstipendium for study in Germany.
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