Society, Culture and the Auditory Imagination in Modern France: The Humanity of Hearing

Sykes, I.

This book examines the striking way in which medical and scientific work on hearing in 18th and 19th-century France helped to shape modern French society and culture. The author argues that of all the senses hearing offered the greatest resources for remodelling the idea of the universal human condition within the modern French historical setting.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349498130

DOI: 10.1057/9781137455352

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 169