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Deaf People, Language, and Emancipation in Modern France, 1789–1914

by Sabine Arnaud ...

Following the death in 1789 of Abbé de l'Epée, the first teacher of deaf pupils renowned in France and beyond, revolutionaries committed to founding national institutes for the education of deaf pupils. There was little doubt about their ability to integrate as full citizens and communicate fully in sign language and written French. One hundred years later, deaf writers and journalists were ... Read more

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Following the death in 1789 of Abbé de l'Epée, the first teacher of deaf pupils renowned in France and beyond, revolutionaries committed to founding national institutes for the education of deaf pupils. There was little doubt about their ability to integrate as full citizens and communicate fully in sign language and written French. One hundred years later, deaf writers and journalists were
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On Hysteria

The Invention of a Medical Category between 1670 and 1820

by Sabine Arnaud ...

These days, hysteria is known as a discredited diagnosis that was used to group and pathologize a wide range of conditions and behaviors in women. But for a long time, it was seen as a legitimate category of medical problem—and one that, originally, was applied to men as often as to women.In On Hysteria, Sabine Arnaud traces the creation and rise of hysteria, from its invention in the eighteenth ... Read more

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These days, hysteria is known as a discredited diagnosis that was used to group and pathologize a wide range of conditions and behaviors in women. But for a long time, it was seen as a legitimate category of medical problem—and one that, originally, was applied to men as often as to women.In On Hysteria, Sabine Arnaud traces the creation and rise of hysteria, from its invention in the eighteenth
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Electrical Energy Storage for Buildings in Smart Grids

by Christophe Saudemont, Arnaud Davigny, Sabine Kazmierczak, Dhaker Abbes, Hervé Barry, Bruno François, Benoît Robyns ...

Current developments in the renewable energy field, and the trend toward self-production and self-consumption of energy, has led to increased interest in the means of storing electrical energy; a key element of sustainable development.This book provides an in-depth view of the environmentally responsible energy solutions currently available for use in the building sector. It highlights the ... Read more

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Current developments in the renewable energy field, and the trend toward self-production and self-consumption of energy, has led to increased interest in the means of storing electrical energy; a key element of sustainable development.This book provides an in-depth view of the environmentally responsible energy solutions currently available for use in the building sector. It highlights the
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Abnormal

Lectures at the Collège de France, 1974-1975

by Michel Foucault ...

Translated by Graham Burchell ...

Series Book 4 - Michel Foucault Lectures at the Collège de France
In this seminal work, Foucault examines the role of psychiatry in modern criminal justice and its method of categorizing individuals who "resemble their crime before they commit it."From 1971 until his death in 1984, Michel Foucault gave public lectures at the world-famous Collège de France. Attended by thousands, these were pivotal events in the world of French letters. Abnormal, the first of ... Read more

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In this seminal work, Foucault examines the role of psychiatry in modern criminal justice and its method of categorizing individuals who "resemble their crime before they commit it."From 1971 until his death in 1984, Michel Foucault gave public lectures at the world-famous Collège de France. Attended by thousands, these were pivotal events in the world of French letters. Abnormal, the first of
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The Terror of Natural Right

Republicanism, the Cult of Nature, & the French Revolution

by Dan Edelstein ...

Natural right—the idea that there is a collection of laws and rights based not on custom or belief but that are "natural" in origin—is typically associated with liberal politics and freedom. In The Terror of Natural Right, Dan Edelstein argues that the revolutionaries used the natural right concept of the "enemy of the human race"—an individual who has transgressed the laws of nature and must be ... Read more

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Natural right—the idea that there is a collection of laws and rights based not on custom or belief but that are "natural" in origin—is typically associated with liberal politics and freedom. In The Terror of Natural Right, Dan Edelstein argues that the revolutionaries used the natural right concept of the "enemy of the human race"—an individual who has transgressed the laws of nature and must be
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On the Spirit of Rights

by Dan Edelstein ...

A "superb" evaluation of the history of human rights "especially in [its] ability to situate ideas in their broadest cultural and political setting" ( New York Review of Books) .By the end of the eighteenth century, politicians in America and France were invoking the natural rights of man to wrest sovereignty away from kings and lay down universal basic entitlements. Exactly how and when did ... Read more

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A "superb" evaluation of the history of human rights "especially in [its] ability to situate ideas in their broadest cultural and political setting" ( New York Review of Books) .By the end of the eighteenth century, politicians in America and France were invoking the natural rights of man to wrest sovereignty away from kings and lay down universal basic entitlements. Exactly how and when did
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Tocqueville

The Aristocratic Sources of Liberty

by Lucien Jaume ...

Translated by Arthur Goldhammer ...

A major intellectual biography of Toqueville that restores democracy in America to its essential contextMany American readers like to regard Alexis de Tocqueville as an honorary American and democrat—as the young French aristocrat who came to early America and, enthralled by what he saw, proceeded to write an American book explaining democratic America to itself. Yet, as Lucien Jaume argues in ... Read more

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A major intellectual biography of Toqueville that restores democracy in America to its essential contextMany American readers like to regard Alexis de Tocqueville as an honorary American and democrat—as the young French aristocrat who came to early America and, enthralled by what he saw, proceeded to write an American book explaining democratic America to itself. Yet, as Lucien Jaume argues in
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The Punitive Society

Lectures at the Collège de France, 1972-1973

Translated by Graham Burchell ...

by Michel Foucault ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
These thirteen lectures on the 'punitive society,' delivered at the Collège de France in the first three months of 1973, examine the way in which the relations between justice and truth that govern modern penal law were forged, and question what links them to the emergence of a new punitive regime that still dominates contemporary society. ... Read more

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These thirteen lectures on the 'punitive society,' delivered at the Collège de France in the first three months of 1973, examine the way in which the relations between justice and truth that govern modern penal law were forged, and question what links them to the emergence of a new punitive regime that still dominates contemporary society.
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The Anatomy of Blackness

Science and Slavery in an Age of Enlightenment

by Andrew S. Curran ...

2012 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice MagazineThis volume examines the Enlightenment-era textualization of the Black African in European thought. Andrew S. Curran rewrites the history of blackness by replicating the practices of eighteenth-century readers. Surveying French and European travelogues, natural histories, works of anatomy, pro- and anti-slavery tracts, philosophical treatises, and ... Read more

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2012 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice MagazineThis volume examines the Enlightenment-era textualization of the Black African in European thought. Andrew S. Curran rewrites the history of blackness by replicating the practices of eighteenth-century readers. Surveying French and European travelogues, natural histories, works of anatomy, pro- and anti-slavery tracts, philosophical treatises, and
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Writing with a Vengeance

The Countess de Chabrillan's Rise from Prostitution

by Carol A. Mossman ...

Writing with a Vengeance examines the life and works of a nineteenth-century French courtesan, Céleste Vénard, later the Countess de Chabrillan. A notorious Paris courtesan, Chabrillan married into the nobility, taught herself to write (penning two series of memoirs) and, upon being widowed, wrote novels to support herself - ten, between 1857 and 1885. These novels and memoirs constitute ... Read more

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Writing with a Vengeance examines the life and works of a nineteenth-century French courtesan, Céleste Vénard, later the Countess de Chabrillan. A notorious Paris courtesan, Chabrillan married into the nobility, taught herself to write (penning two series of memoirs) and, upon being widowed, wrote novels to support herself - ten, between 1857 and 1885. These novels and memoirs constitute
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After Kant

The Romans, the Germans, and the Moderns in the History of Political Thought

by Michael Sonenscher ...

Tracing the origins of modern political thought through three sets of arguments over history, morality, and freedomIn this wide-ranging work, Michael Sonenscher traces the origins of modern political thought and ideologies to a question, raised by Immanuel Kant, about what is involved in comparing individual human lives to the whole of human history. How can we compare them, or understand the ... Read more

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Tracing the origins of modern political thought through three sets of arguments over history, morality, and freedomIn this wide-ranging work, Michael Sonenscher traces the origins of modern political thought and ideologies to a question, raised by Immanuel Kant, about what is involved in comparing individual human lives to the whole of human history. How can we compare them, or understand the
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The End of the Soul

Scientific Modernity, Atheism, and Anthropology in France

by Jennifer Hecht ...

On October 19, 1876 a group of leading French citizens, both men and women included, joined together to form an unusual group, The Society of Mutual Autopsy, with the aim of proving that souls do not exist. The idea was that, after death, they would dissect one another and (hopefully) show a direct relationship between brain shapes and sizes and the character, abilities and intelligence of ... Read more

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On October 19, 1876 a group of leading French citizens, both men and women included, joined together to form an unusual group, The Society of Mutual Autopsy, with the aim of proving that souls do not exist. The idea was that, after death, they would dissect one another and (hopefully) show a direct relationship between brain shapes and sizes and the character, abilities and intelligence of
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