A New History of Identity
A Sociology of Medical Knowledge
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Word Count
56,250 words, Guess
Page Count
225 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivenewhistoryofiden0000arms
- Internet Archivenewhistoryidenti00arms
- ISBN-100333968921
- ISBN-139780333968925
- LibraryThing5367759
and 4 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2001058213
- OCLC Control Number48557605
- Better World Books9780333968925
- Open LibraryOL9780387M
Classifications
- LCCHM636QM1-695BF201B1-
- LCCR133 .A75 2002
Description
"This book maps the emergence of the figure of the modern 'person' from its anatomical origins in the nineteenth century to its psychological and reflexive individuality in the early twenty-first century. Using medical texts as a means of accessing contemporary perceptions of the patient - for example, through changing conceptualizations of illnesses, modes of treatment, techniques of examination and patterns of health care - the text provides a history of the process of identity construction. The result is an account of the invention of Man - physical, mental and behavioural - over the last century or so, together with an examination of the changing ways in which knowledge of Man's identity has become established."--Jacket.
First Sentence
In the beginning there was no Man.
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