Brain and race : a history of cerebral anthropology / / Claudio Pogliano |
Autore | Pogliano Claudio <1953-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 573.86 |
Collana | Nuncius series |
Soggetto topico |
Craniometry - History
Brain Race |
ISBN |
90-04-43188-8
9789004431881 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- I. Eighteenth century onset -- 1. Darker skin and brain -- 2. Qualitative and quantitative differences -- 3. Speculations and objections -- II. Rising tide -- 1. The “phrenological wedge” -- 2. Shrunken brains -- 3. Materialism and the Recapitulation theory -- 4. Weighing empty, filled spaces -- 5. The will to differentiate -- 6. Early doubts -- III. Climax -- 1. Uncertain certainty: Paris on stage -- 2. An intense decade -- 3. An urgent desideratum for science -- 4. Antinomies and Paradoxes -- 5. Orphans of Broca -- 6. A literature by itself -- IV. Twentieth century epilogue -- 1. Resilience despite everything -- 2. Further views in conflict -- 3. Innovating techniques, popular science, and deconstructing myths -- Summary -- Bibliography -- Index of names. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794154003321 |
Pogliano Claudio <1953->
![]() |
||
Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2020 | ||
![]() | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Brain and race : a history of cerebral anthropology / / Claudio Pogliano |
Autore | Pogliano Claudio <1953-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 573.86 |
Collana | Nuncius series |
Soggetto topico |
Craniometry - History
Brain Race |
ISBN |
90-04-43188-8
9789004431881 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- I. Eighteenth century onset -- 1. Darker skin and brain -- 2. Qualitative and quantitative differences -- 3. Speculations and objections -- II. Rising tide -- 1. The “phrenological wedge” -- 2. Shrunken brains -- 3. Materialism and the Recapitulation theory -- 4. Weighing empty, filled spaces -- 5. The will to differentiate -- 6. Early doubts -- III. Climax -- 1. Uncertain certainty: Paris on stage -- 2. An intense decade -- 3. An urgent desideratum for science -- 4. Antinomies and Paradoxes -- 5. Orphans of Broca -- 6. A literature by itself -- IV. Twentieth century epilogue -- 1. Resilience despite everything -- 2. Further views in conflict -- 3. Innovating techniques, popular science, and deconstructing myths -- Summary -- Bibliography -- Index of names. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824587503321 |
Pogliano Claudio <1953->
![]() |
||
Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2020 | ||
![]() | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|