Discovering the Human - Life Science and the Arts in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries (Hardcover)

English Summary: 'Discovering the Human' investigates the emergence of the modern human sciences and their impact on literature, art and other media in the 18th and the 19th centuries. Up until the 1830s, science and culture were part of a joint endeavour to discover and explore the secret of life. The question 'What is life?' unites science and the arts during the Ages of Enlightenment and Romanticism, and at the end of the Romantic period, a shift of focus from the human as an organic whole to the specialized disciplines signals the dawning of modernity. The emphasis of the edited collection is threefold: the first part sheds light on the human in art and science in the Age of Enlightenment, the second part is concerned with the transitions taking place at the turn of the 19th century. The chapters forming the third part investigate the impact of different media on the concept of the human in science, literature and film. German Description: 'Discovering the Human' investigates the emergence of the modern human sciences and their impact on literature, art and other media in the 18th and 19th centuries. Up until the 1830s, science and culture were part of a joint endeavour to discover and explore the secret of life. The question 'What is life?' unites science and the arts during the Ages of Enlightenment and Romanticism, and at the end of the Romantic period, a shift of focus from the human as an organic whole to the specialized disciplines signals the dawning of modernity. The emphasis of the edited collection is threefold: the first part sheds light on the human in art and science in the Age of Enlightenment, the second part is concerned with the transitions taking place at the turn of the 19th century. The chapters forming the third part investigate the impact of different media on the concept of the human in science, literature and fil

General

Imprint:	V&R unipress GmbH
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	August 2013
Contributors:	Ute Berns
Editors:	Ralf Haekel • Sabine Blackmore
Contributors:	Christoph Heyl • Mascha Hansen • Sladja Blazan • Catherine Clinger • Ulrike Kristina KAhler • Felix C.H. Sprang • Hania Siebenpfeiffer
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	204
ISBN-13:	978-3-8471-0137-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General
LSN:	3-8471-0137-4
Barcode:	9783847101376

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