Bernard Mandeville: A Treatise of the Hypochondriack and Hysterick Diseases (1730)

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-57779-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 223, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 541 g

Reihe: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées

Presents a major text on hypochondria and hysteria by a major 18th century philosopher

Shows that Mandeville may be seen as the rightful precursor of the Freudian talking cure

Makes available a work that has been unavailable for more than thirty years

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kleiman-Lafon, Sylvie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 18. Jahrhundert
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Note on the Text.- Introduction.- Chapter 1. Mandeville’s 1711 preface.- Chapter 2. Mandeville’s 1730 preface.- Chapter 3. First dialogue.- Chapter 4. Second dialogue.- Chapter 5. Third dialogue.- Select bibliography.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Sylvie Kleiman-Lafon is assistant professor in English literature at the University of Paris VIII. A specialist of XVIIIth century British literature, she has mainly written on XVIIIth-century Scotland, British literature of the XVIIIth century, translation in England and France during the Enlightenment and the relationship between medicine and literature.