French Modern: Norms and Forms of the Social Environment

by PAUL RABINOW

2020-11-25 05:50:58

In this study of space and power and knowledge in France from the 1830s through the 1930s, Rabinow uses the tools of anthropology, philosophy, and cultural criticism to examine how social environment was perceived and described. Ranging from epidemio... Read more
In this study of space and power and knowledge in France from the 1830s through the 1930s, Rabinow uses the tools of anthropology, philosophy, and cultural criticism to examine how social environment was perceived and described. Ranging from epidemiology to the layout of colonial cities, he shows how modernity was revealed in urban planning, architecture, health and welfare administration, and social legislation.
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File size9 X 6 X 1.1 in
Print pages464
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
Publication date December 1, 1995
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780226701745

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