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Breeding

- A Partial History of the Eighteenth Century
Af: Jenny Davidson Engelsk Hardback

Breeding

- A Partial History of the Eighteenth Century
Af: Jenny Davidson Engelsk Hardback
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The Enlightenment commitment to reason naturally gave rise to a belief in the perfectibility of man. Influenced by John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, many eighteenth-century writers argued that the proper education and upbringing--breeding--could make any man a member of the cultural elite. Yet even in this egalitarian environment, the concept of breeding remained tied to theories of blood lineage, caste distinction, and biological difference. Turning to the works of Locke, Rousseau, Swift, Defoe, and other giants of the British Enlightenment, Jenny Davidson revives the debates that raged over the husbandry of human nature and highlights their critical impact on the development of eugenics, the emergence of fears about biological determinism, and the history of the language itself. Combining rich historical research with a keen sense of story, she links explanations for the physical resemblance between parents and children to larger arguments about culture and society and shows how the threads of this compelling conversation reveal the character of a century. A remarkable intellectual history, Breeding not only recasts the fundamental concerns of the Enlightenment but also uncovers the seeds of thought that bloomed into contemporary notions of human perfectibility.
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The Enlightenment commitment to reason naturally gave rise to a belief in the perfectibility of man. Influenced by John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, many eighteenth-century writers argued that the proper education and upbringing--breeding--could make any man a member of the cultural elite. Yet even in this egalitarian environment, the concept of breeding remained tied to theories of blood lineage, caste distinction, and biological difference. Turning to the works of Locke, Rousseau, Swift, Defoe, and other giants of the British Enlightenment, Jenny Davidson revives the debates that raged over the husbandry of human nature and highlights their critical impact on the development of eugenics, the emergence of fears about biological determinism, and the history of the language itself. Combining rich historical research with a keen sense of story, she links explanations for the physical resemblance between parents and children to larger arguments about culture and society and shows how the threads of this compelling conversation reveal the character of a century. A remarkable intellectual history, Breeding not only recasts the fundamental concerns of the Enlightenment but also uncovers the seeds of thought that bloomed into contemporary notions of human perfectibility.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 312
ISBN-13: 9780231138789
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0231138784
Kategori: Historie
Udg. Dato: 31 dec 2008
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: Columbia University Press
Oplagsdato: 31 dec 2008
Forfatter(e): Jenny Davidson
Forfatter(e) Jenny Davidson

Kategori Historie

ISBN-13 9780231138789

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 312

Udgave

Længde 0mm

Bredde 152mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 31 dec 2008

Oplagsdato 31 dec 2008

Forlag Columbia University Press