Flesh in the Age of Reason: How the Enlightenment Transformed the Way We See Our Bodies and Souls - Roy Porter
Flesh in the Age of Reason: How the Enlightenment Transformed the Way We See Our Bodies and Souls - Roy Porter
Author: Roy Porter
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
Edition: 2004 Penguin Edition
ISBN: 0-140-16735-8
Condition: Good second-hand paperback condition with general shelf wear, edge rubbing, and light creasing to the spine and corners. Pages are clean and binding remains solid. Please see photos for the exact copy available.
Flesh in the Age of Reason is a sweeping cultural history exploring how the Enlightenment reshaped ideas about the human body, emotion, medicine, sexuality, spirituality, and identity. Roy Porter examines the eighteenth century through literature, philosophy, science, art, and social history, tracing how old religious ideas about the flesh gave way to modern concepts of individuality, desire, health, and selfhood.