1st Edition
Phrenology and the Origins of Victorian Scientific Naturalism
By John van Wyhe
Copyright 2004
300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
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Through a reassessment of phrenology, Phrenology and the Origins of Victorian Scientific Naturalism sheds light on all kinds of works in Victorian Britain and America which have previously been unnoticed or were simply referred to with a vague 'naturalism of the times' explanation. It is often assumed that the scientific naturalism familiar in late nineteenth century writers such as T.H. Huxley... Read more
Contents: Introduction; The evolution of phrenology in Britain; The nature of controversies; Authority over man's constitution; The receptions of The Constitution of Man; Epidemics of phrenological naturalism; Conclusions; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Dr John van Wyhe is Affiliate Researcher in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK.
'... a readable, thoroughly referenced, and bibliographically up-to-date introduction to phrenology's historical and historiographical contexts of debate.' Notes and Records of the Royal Society '... provides an engaging and well-referenced account of phrenology's role in the development of British scientific naturalism during the 1800s.' Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 'The careful and thoughtful research recorded here makes the book a basic resource for historians interested in both phrenology and the struggle for authority in British culture among scientists, evangelicals and many other would-be cultural leaders.' British Journal for the History of Science
