Description
Product ID: | 9780140167351 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Flesh in the Age of Reason |
Authors: | Author: Roy Porter |
Page Count: | 592 |
Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, History, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The culmination of a lifelong interest in the metaphysics of the body by the premier social historian of medicine. How did we come to a modern understanding of our bodies and souls? What were the breakthroughs that allowed human beings to see themselves in a new light? ''As an introduction to early modern thinking and the impact of past ideas on present lives, this book can find few equals and no superiors. Porter is a witty, humane writer with an extraordinary vocabulary and a sparkling sense of fun. Whether he is quoting from obscure medical texts or analysing scabrous diaries, dishing the dirt on long-dead bigwigs or evoking sympathy for human suffering, his grasp is masterly and his erudition appealing. I wish I could read it again for the first time: you can.'' Times Educational Supplement, Book of the Week |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2005-01-27 |