"Vernunftige AErzte" - Hallesche Psychomediziner Und Die Anfange Der Anthropologie in Der Deutschsprachigen Fruhaufklarung (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2012 ed.)

The volume explores the significance of Halle's 'sensitive physicians' (inspired by the writings of Stahl, KrA1/4ger, Unzer, E.A. Nicolai, Bolten, and others) for the 'anthropological turn' that took place around 1750. In so doing it sets out in quest of pre-anthropological anthropology (see Platner and the late-Enlightenment 'philosophical physicians' for an analogy). Of central concern are (1) the roots of anthropology and aesthetics (Baumgarten, Meier, etc.) in the context of Stahlianism, pietism, Thomasianism, Wolffianism, (2) the predating of the origins of anthropology from late to early Enlightenment thinking, (3) the common roots of anthropology and aesthetics in a shared anti-Cartesian bid to supplement traditional logic with a 'logic of sensitive knowledge' (aesthetics) and a holistic image of the human animal encompassing body, mind, and spirit (anthropology). The articles break new ground by examining areas of modernism that have been successfully elbowed aside by Cartesian scientism and have thus been largely neglected in the historiography of science. Awareness of the anti-Cartesian currents in aesthetics and anthropology in and around 1750 also points up clear parallels between the 'sensitive physicians' and important tendencies in present-day thinking on psychosomatics and holistic therapy. It also points the way to a 'logic of the individual'.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Hallesche Beitrage Zur Europaischen Aufklarung, 19
Release date:	March 2002
First published:	2002
Editors:	Carsten Zelle
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages:	241
Edition:	Reprint 2012 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-484-81019-8
Languages:	German
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Abnormal psychology Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	3-484-81019-X
Barcode:	9783484810198

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