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EAN : 9782348059858
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 352
Size : 140 x 205 mm
KASPAR THE MYSTERIOUS OR THE CHILD OF THE NIGHT

Collection : SH / À la source
Release date : 27/08/2020
On 26 May 1828, young Kaspar Hauser appeared in a square in Nuremberg. Today, he remains one of the most famous wild children. He could barely walk and was unable to say where he came from or where he was going.
Lacking emotional socialization, he possessed extraordinary sensory capacities and had...
On 26 May 1828, young Kaspar Hauser appeared in a square in Nuremberg. Today, he remains one of the most famous wild children. He could barely walk and was unable to say where he came from or where he was going.
Lacking emotional socialization, he possessed extraordinary sensory capacities and had an intense emotional life. That is, until he entered the world a second time and learned painfully the customs, codes and common practices of his times.
Hervé Mazurel conducts an in-depth study of this aberrant trajectory and reveals how history and the social reside within each of us. The aim of this book, which intersects with social sciences, is to show how, behind this tiny life, an important topic/subject could be hidden.
 
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EAN : 9782348059858
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 352
Size : 140 x 205 mm
La Découverte