Author: Samuel Roberts Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
In this Illustrated Hand-book we have endeavored to incorporate just that kind of matter best suited to both the EXAMINER and the EXAMINED, and to put it in the smallest possible compass compatible with completeness of statement and ample illustration. We have endeavored to be systematic in our arrangment, succinct and clear in our expositions, and popular rather than technical or professional in our style. That this little work may be the means of encouraging the reader to correct any errors of judgement or improper habits he may possess - to cultivate and develop all the higher qualities of mind and heart - and to make the most of his opportunities and of himself, is the desire of the author.
How to Read Character
Author: Samuel Roberts Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
In this Illustrated Hand-book we have endeavored to incorporate just that kind of matter best suited to both the EXAMINER and the EXAMINED, and to put it in the smallest possible compass compatible with completeness of statement and ample illustration. We have endeavored to be systematic in our arrangment, succinct and clear in our expositions, and popular rather than technical or professional in our style. That this little work may be the means of encouraging the reader to correct any errors of judgement or improper habits he may possess - to cultivate and develop all the higher qualities of mind and heart - and to make the most of his opportunities and of himself, is the desire of the author.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
In this Illustrated Hand-book we have endeavored to incorporate just that kind of matter best suited to both the EXAMINER and the EXAMINED, and to put it in the smallest possible compass compatible with completeness of statement and ample illustration. We have endeavored to be systematic in our arrangment, succinct and clear in our expositions, and popular rather than technical or professional in our style. That this little work may be the means of encouraging the reader to correct any errors of judgement or improper habits he may possess - to cultivate and develop all the higher qualities of mind and heart - and to make the most of his opportunities and of himself, is the desire of the author.
Materials of the Mind
Author: James Poskett
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226820645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Phrenology was the most popular mental science of the Victorian age. From American senators to Indian social reformers, this new mental science found supporters stretching around the globe. Materials of the Mind tells the story of how phrenology changed the world--and how the world changed phrenology. This is a story of skulls from the Arctic, plaster casts from Haiti, books from Bengal, and letters from the Pacific. Drawing on far-flung museum and archival collections, and addressing sources in six different languages, Materials of the Mind is the first substantial account of science in the nineteenth century as part of global history. It shows how the circulation of material culture underpinned the emergence of a new materialist philosophy of the mind, while also demonstrating how a global approach to history could help us reassess issues such as race, technology, and politics today.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226820645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Phrenology was the most popular mental science of the Victorian age. From American senators to Indian social reformers, this new mental science found supporters stretching around the globe. Materials of the Mind tells the story of how phrenology changed the world--and how the world changed phrenology. This is a story of skulls from the Arctic, plaster casts from Haiti, books from Bengal, and letters from the Pacific. Drawing on far-flung museum and archival collections, and addressing sources in six different languages, Materials of the Mind is the first substantial account of science in the nineteenth century as part of global history. It shows how the circulation of material culture underpinned the emergence of a new materialist philosophy of the mind, while also demonstrating how a global approach to history could help us reassess issues such as race, technology, and politics today.
Human Faces, what They Mean
Author: Joseph Simms
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Physiognomy
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Physiognomy
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Lectures on Phrenology
Author: George Combe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Phrenology, the Science of Character
Author: William Windsor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Phrenology
Author: Orson Squire Fowler
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
ISBN: 9780877541431
Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
ISBN: 9780877541431
Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Edgar Allan Poe in Context
Author: Kevin J. Hayes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107009979
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Spend the holidays with the Master of the Macabre
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107009979
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Spend the holidays with the Master of the Macabre
Crania Americana
Author: Samuel George Morton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
An Organ of Murder
Author: Courtney E. Thompson
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1978813082
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Finalist for the 2022 Cheiron Book Prize An Organ of Murder explores the origins of both popular and elite theories of criminality in the nineteenth-century United States, focusing in particular on the influence of phrenology. In the United States, phrenology shaped the production of medico-legal knowledge around crime, the treatment of the criminal within prisons and in public discourse, and sociocultural expectations about the causes of crime. The criminal was phrenology’s ideal research and demonstration subject, and the courtroom and the prison were essential spaces for the staging of scientific expertise. In particular, phrenology constructed ways of looking as well as a language for identifying, understanding, and analyzing criminals and their actions. This work traces the long-lasting influence of phrenological visual culture and language in American culture, law, and medicine, as well as the practical uses of phrenology in courts, prisons, and daily life.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1978813082
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Finalist for the 2022 Cheiron Book Prize An Organ of Murder explores the origins of both popular and elite theories of criminality in the nineteenth-century United States, focusing in particular on the influence of phrenology. In the United States, phrenology shaped the production of medico-legal knowledge around crime, the treatment of the criminal within prisons and in public discourse, and sociocultural expectations about the causes of crime. The criminal was phrenology’s ideal research and demonstration subject, and the courtroom and the prison were essential spaces for the staging of scientific expertise. In particular, phrenology constructed ways of looking as well as a language for identifying, understanding, and analyzing criminals and their actions. This work traces the long-lasting influence of phrenological visual culture and language in American culture, law, and medicine, as well as the practical uses of phrenology in courts, prisons, and daily life.
Blinded by Science
Author: Wastell, David
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1447322339
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
There's no hotter area of science, at least as far as the general media and laypeople are concerned, than neuroscience--every day we hear of dramatic, surprising discoveries that seem to have the potential to utterly change our understanding of how the mind works. This book offers the first thorough review of such claims and the new biological science behind them. It examines the actual and potential applications of neuroscience within social policy and the impact of neuroscientific discoveries on long-standing moral debates and professional practices throughout social work, mental health practice, and criminal justice.
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1447322339
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
There's no hotter area of science, at least as far as the general media and laypeople are concerned, than neuroscience--every day we hear of dramatic, surprising discoveries that seem to have the potential to utterly change our understanding of how the mind works. This book offers the first thorough review of such claims and the new biological science behind them. It examines the actual and potential applications of neuroscience within social policy and the impact of neuroscientific discoveries on long-standing moral debates and professional practices throughout social work, mental health practice, and criminal justice.