Suffering scholars pathologies of the intellectual in enlightenment France

Suffering Scholars focuses on the medical and literary dimensions of the cult of celebrity that developed around intellectuals during the French Enlightenment. Anne C. Vila shows how the "suffering scholar" syndrome deeply influenced debates about the consequences of book-learning on both...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vila, Anne C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press 2018
Series:Intellectual history of the modern age
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Suffering Scholars focuses on the medical and literary dimensions of the cult of celebrity that developed around intellectuals during the French Enlightenment. Anne C. Vila shows how the "suffering scholar" syndrome deeply influenced debates about the consequences of book-learning on both the individual body and the body politic.
Physical Description:VIII, 267 Seiten
ISBN:978-0-8122-4992-7