In:Deafness, Gesture and Sign Language in the 18th Century French Philosophy
Josef Fulka
[Gesture Studies 8] 2020
► pp. 35–54
Chapter 2Deafness as deficiency continued
The “Wild Child” in the 18th century as a conceptual twin of the deaf person
Published online: 22 April 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/gs.8.c2
https://doi.org/10.1075/gs.8.c2
Article outline
- Condillac’s and Rousseau’s view of wild children
- Itard’s view of deafness in Treatise on the Maladies of the Ear and of Hearing
- Concepts of language and the education of Victor
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