[PDF.43gy] Encounters with Wild Children: Temptation and Disappointment in the Study of Human Nature

Encounters with Wild Children: Temptation and Disappointment in the Study of Human Nature

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 | #3749425 in Books |  Mcgill Queens Univ Pr |  2006-04-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.25 x1.30 x6.13l,1.66 | File type: PDF | 400 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| I like ebook|By D W|Same as ebook|2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| vanished societies|By W Boudville|How real were the wild children of history? The book looks at centuries of European folklore, that claim to have had instances of wild children abandoned in the wilderness, and perhaps raised by animals. The ar| |"A captivating and disturbing book filled with fascinating narratives, provocative interpretations, and an almost encyclopedic scope - from scattered medieval references to extensive eighteenth-century debates to tragic episodes of the late twentieth century."

Examines the history of the scientific fascination with stories of wild children. This book argues that wild children have had a privileged role as objects of knowledge in Western human science, and shows how they have been made inseparable from any attempt to define the human, and to delineate the boundaries between human and non-human.

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