Cabanis : enlightenment and medical philosophy in the French Revolution / Martin S. Staum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staum, Martin S., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physicians--France--Biography.

Physicians.

Medicine--France--History--18th century.

Medicine.

Philosophy, French--18th century.

Philosophy, French.

Enlightenment.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.

France.

Cabanis, P. J. G. (Pierre Jean Georges), 1757-1808.

Cabanis, P. J. G.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (444 pages).

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1980]

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 383-417.

ISBN:

9780691615769

0691615764

9780691643144

0691643148

9781400857029

1400857023

OCLC:

889253963