Diderot and the Body (Legenda Main Series)

Diderot's lifelong preoccupation with the body is expressed in every aspect of his work -- philosophical, ethical, emotional, psychological, aesthetic and literary. Even when discussing bodies at the highest level of abstraction, he still focuses on them as material entities above all; this concern with tangible realities gives his writing its celebrated concreteness and human appeal. In her original and illuminating study, Goodden deals with Diderot's views on the body-mind relationship, anatomical matters, ethical extensions of the body, the expressive, the sensual and the sexual body, drawing evidence from his scientific and philosophical writings, fiction, art criticism, dramatic works and correspondence.Angelica Goodden is the author of 'Diderot and the Body (Legenda Main Series)', published 2001 under ISBN 9781900755566 and ISBN 1900755564.