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Foreign bodies; or, how did Darwin invent the symptom?
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PMID:  21294375     Owner:  HMD     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Beginning with a discussion of the sources in Darwin's writing for Freud's theory of the hysterical symptom, this essay proceeds to a symptomatic reading of Darwin himself. With reference to "The Origin of Species," "The Descent of Man," and "The Expression of the Emotions," this essay shows that Darwin's theories of involuntary expressive behavior and of aesthetic preference in sexual selection are linked by their role in his understanding of racial difference and also by their reliance on the idea that learned habits can be inherited as instincts, a view often identified with Lamarck. They are thus at once theories of the foreign body and theories that appear as foreigners within the body of Darwin's work.
Authors:
Matthew Rowlinson
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Victorian studies     Volume:  52     ISSN:  0042-5222     ISO Abbreviation:  Vic Stud     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-02-04     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9426344     Medline TA:  Vic Stud     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  535-59     Citation Subset:  Q    
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario.
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