Declining (the) Subject: Immunity and the Crisis of Masculine Selfhood in Modern France (1870-2000)

I locate my dissertation at the critical intersection of philosophy, medical discourse and literature, and anchor it around five intertwining concepts: modernity, subjectivity, masculinity, immunity and Frenchness. I contend that immunity, as a concept at which life and law converge, offers an alte...

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Main Author: Wolfe, Loren Katherine
Other Authors: Jardine, Alice A.
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11033
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10974704