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Why does life-writing talk about science?: Foucault, Rousseau, and the early journal intime

Abstract:
This article examines the reasons why life-writing makes use of discourses from the natural sciences. It focuses on the emergence of autobiography and the journal intime in France at the moment of a fundamental shift towards the modern episteme (identified by Foucault), which is both historical and person-centred.
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1353/bio.2017.0018

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
Christ Church
Role:
Author
Publisher:
University of Hawaii Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Biography Journal website
Volume:
40
Issue:
2
Pages:
307-322
Publication date:
2017-10-01
Acceptance date:
2017-07-18
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ISSN:
1529-1456
Pubs id:
pubs:736977
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uuid:cd1ebcdc-2885-4de2-ae33-34e243e49d93
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pubs:736977
Source identifiers:
736977
Deposit date:
2017-10-18

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