A Prehistory of the Social Sciences

Phrenology in France

Bibliographic Data

ID2107210
AuthorsAngus Mclaren (University of Victoria, corresponding author)
Year1981
Volume23
Issue1
Pages3-22
Publication date1981-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueComparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s001041750000966x
PMID11614370
OpenAlexW2082343737
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited14

Phrenology is of German origin: Vienna was its birthplace, Gall and Spurzheim its progenitors. But it was in France that it acquired its European eclat', stated George Lewes in 1857. But he went on to declare that it was in America and Britain that the pseudo-science had its widest popularity amongst the 'general thinking public'. The writing of the history of phrenology has also broken along national lines. Its impact on America and Britain in the first half of the nineteenth century has attracted the attention of a generation of young social historians, whereas its progress in France has drawn the interest only of historians of medicine

Archaeology · Art history · George (robot) · German · Phrenology · Political science · Popularity · Prehistory · Classics · Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies · History · Law · Philosophy, History, and Historiography

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