Books of the Body

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  • Books of the Body Book Detail

  • Author : Andrea Carlino
  • Release Date : 1999-12-15
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 281
  • ISBN 13 : 0226092879
  • File Size : 36,36 MB
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Books of the Body by Andrea Carlino PDF Summary

Book Description: We usually see the Renaissance as a marked departure from older traditions, but Renaissance scholars often continued to cling to the teachings of the past. For instance, despite the evidence of their own dissections, which contradicted ancient and medieval texts, Renaissance anatomists continued to teach those outdated views for nearly two centuries. In Books of the Body, Andrea Carlino explores the nature and causes of this intellectual inertia. On the one hand, anatomical practice was constrained by a reverence for classical texts and the belief that the study of anatomy was more properly part of natural philosophy than of medicine. On the other hand, cultural resistance to dissection and dismemberment of the human body, as well as moral and social norms that governed access to cadavers and the ritual of their public display in the anatomy theater, also delayed anatomy's development. A fascinating history of both Renaissance anatomists and the bodies they dissected, this book will interest anyone studying Renaissance science, medicine, art, religion, and society.

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