2021-02-10 - Gaspard Bouhallier - Lectures
Relegated to the status of an occult science then forgotten, phrenology seems to be arising from its ashes today. Modern neurobiologists are acknowledging that it established the principle of cerebral localization, and eminent scientists think that it was the first science of rational man. What is it exactly?
Based on a wealth of little-known or unpublished documents, this book presents a remarkable summary of this surprising discipline.
Marc Renneville is a historian of science and justice. He is the author of Crime et folie. Deux siècles d’enquêtes médicales et judiciaires (Crime and madness. Two centuries of medical and judicial inquiries) (Fayard, 2003) and of Vacher l’éventreur. Archives d’un tueur en série (Vacher the Ripper. Archives of a serial killer) (Jérôme Million, 2019). He is the director of the Criminocorpus platform which hosts the first online history of Justice Web museum, a history of Justice review and a news blog.