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Publication Date: 1997
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Phrenology, Education, and the Politics of Human Nature: The Thought and Influence of George Combe.
Tomlinson, Stephen
History of Education, v26 n1 p1-22 Mar 1997
Reviews the career and contributions of George Combe, an Edinburgh lawyer who proselytized for the cause of using phrenology in education. Although dismissed today as pseudoscience, phrenology (attributing various character traits to specific locations in the brain) was taken seriously as a science during the early 19th century. (MJP)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Educational Psychology, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intellectual History, Nature Nurture Controversy, Personality Development, Personality Traits, Physiology, Progressive Education, Social Action, Social Problems, Social Theories
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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