This Ph-D thesis develops the twofold history of the notions of "race" and "degeneration" between the XVIIth and the XIXth century. This history is studied from two points of view: historical epistemology that is "how race and degeneration became the concepts of various knowledges (natural history, anthropology, psychiatry)"; and history of government practices, that is "how race and degeneration became problems of government". Focusing on the historical link between these notions gives us the possibility to analyze the emergence, in the XIXth century, of a field of knowledge that dealt with what we call the "abnormal man", that is this very specific entity which agglomerates madness, criminality and "inferior" races as deviations of human ...
L'ouvrage est bilingue français / anglaisInternational audienceThe victorian period saw an explosion...
While it may seem obvious that human beings should be treated equally before the law and given equal...
This paper explores phrenology, physical anthropology, and ethnology--each a nineteenth-century scie...
This Ph-D thesis develops the twofold history of the notions of "race" and "degeneration" between th...
The multiplication of offences prompted by racism and the increase of complaints for racism leads us...
International audienceIn this article, I argue that the problematic of “race and medicine”, which ha...
The topic of this PhD dissertation is the history of mentally deficient children and adults in both ...
International audienceThis article analyses the conditions of formation of the concept of " race " i...
Author's accepted version. Please cite the published version available from the Sage web site by fo...
When the term race was introduced into the French language, toward the end of the fifteenth century,...
International audienceHow useful is a concept of "race" rooted in an anti-racist presupposition? Und...
Contrairement aux clichés sur l'histoire de l'Allemagne, la "science de l'Homme" au XIXe siècle y dé...
"Race" offers a compelling study of ideas related to race throughout history. Its breadth of coverag...
Cette thèse aborde l'histoire des enfants et adultes handicapés mentaux en France et en Allemagne en...
During the last century, history was confronted with other fields of knowledge which also claimed to...
L'ouvrage est bilingue français / anglaisInternational audienceThe victorian period saw an explosion...
While it may seem obvious that human beings should be treated equally before the law and given equal...
This paper explores phrenology, physical anthropology, and ethnology--each a nineteenth-century scie...
This Ph-D thesis develops the twofold history of the notions of "race" and "degeneration" between th...
The multiplication of offences prompted by racism and the increase of complaints for racism leads us...
International audienceIn this article, I argue that the problematic of “race and medicine”, which ha...
The topic of this PhD dissertation is the history of mentally deficient children and adults in both ...
International audienceThis article analyses the conditions of formation of the concept of " race " i...
Author's accepted version. Please cite the published version available from the Sage web site by fo...
When the term race was introduced into the French language, toward the end of the fifteenth century,...
International audienceHow useful is a concept of "race" rooted in an anti-racist presupposition? Und...
Contrairement aux clichés sur l'histoire de l'Allemagne, la "science de l'Homme" au XIXe siècle y dé...
"Race" offers a compelling study of ideas related to race throughout history. Its breadth of coverag...
Cette thèse aborde l'histoire des enfants et adultes handicapés mentaux en France et en Allemagne en...
During the last century, history was confronted with other fields of knowledge which also claimed to...
L'ouvrage est bilingue français / anglaisInternational audienceThe victorian period saw an explosion...
While it may seem obvious that human beings should be treated equally before the law and given equal...
This paper explores phrenology, physical anthropology, and ethnology--each a nineteenth-century scie...