Psychosomatic Disorders in Seventeenth-Century French Literature
Psychosomatic Disorders in Seventeenth-Century French Literature

Author: Bernadette Höfer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-15

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 131707386X

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Bernadette Höfer's innovative and ambitious monograph argues that the epistemology of the Cartesian mind/body dualism, and its insistence on the primacy of analytic thought over bodily function, has surprisingly little purchase in texts by prominent classical writers. In this study Höfer explores how Surin, Molière, Lafayette, and Racine represent interconnections of body and mind that influence behaviour, both voluntary and involuntary, and that thus disprove the classical notion of the mind as distinct from and superior to the body. The author's interdisciplinary perspective utilizes early modern medical and philosophical treatises, as well as contemporary medical compilations in the disciplines of psychosomatic medicine, neurobiology, and psychoanalysis, to demonstrate that these seventeenth-century French writers established a view of human existence that fully anticipates current thought regarding psychosomatic illness.

Psychosomatic Disorders in Seventeenth-Century French Literature
Psychosomatic Disorders in Seventeenth-Century French Literature

Author: Bernadette Höfer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-15

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1317073878

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Bernadette Höfer's innovative and ambitious monograph argues that the epistemology of the Cartesian mind/body dualism, and its insistence on the primacy of analytic thought over bodily function, has surprisingly little purchase in texts by prominent classical writers. In this study Höfer explores how Surin, Molière, Lafayette, and Racine represent interconnections of body and mind that influence behaviour, both voluntary and involuntary, and that thus disprove the classical notion of the mind as distinct from and superior to the body. The author's interdisciplinary perspective utilizes early modern medical and philosophical treatises, as well as contemporary medical compilations in the disciplines of psychosomatic medicine, neurobiology, and psychoanalysis, to demonstrate that these seventeenth-century French writers established a view of human existence that fully anticipates current thought regarding psychosomatic illness.

Literature and Science
Literature and Science

Author: Martin Willis

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2014-12-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1137474416

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This Guide introduces literature and science as a vibrant field of critical study that is increasingly influencing both university curricula and future areas of investigation. Martin Willis explores the development of the genre and its surrounding criticism from the early modern period to the present day, focusing on key texts, topics and debates.

A/AS Level History for AQA The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643–1715 Student Book
A/AS Level History for AQA The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643–1715 Student Book

Author: David Hickman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-07-07

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1107571774

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A new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the AQA 2015 A/AS Level History. Written for the AQA A/AS Level History specifications for first teaching from 2015, this print Student Book covers The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643-1715 Depth component. Completely matched to the new AQA specification, this full-colour Student Book provides valuable background information to contextualise the period of study. Supporting students in developing their critical thinking, research and written communication skills, it also encourages them to make links between different time periods, topics and historical themes.