ABSTRACT
A collection of essays - including 3 that have never been published before - by one of the leading figures in cultural history. Professor Jordanova examines and reinterprets the writings of eighteenth-century thinkers and, in the process, sheds light on contemporary views on issues such as motherhood, sexuality, the body, art and medicine. The volume includes some of the author's most controversial and pioneering work, all the pieces have been revised in the light of the latest historiography and much of the material is published here for the first time.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|1 pages
Natural Polarities
chapter Chapter Three|21 pages
Nature’s Powers: A Reading of the Distinction between Creation and Production
chapter Chapter Four|17 pages
Melancholy Reflection: Constructing an Identity for Unveilers of Nature
chapter Chapter Five|15 pages
The Authoritarian Response: The French Revolution and the Enlightenment
part II|1 pages
Body Management
part III|2 pages
Family Values