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Becoming Human: The Matter of the Medieval Child by John A. Mitchell (review)

Becoming Human: The Matter of the Medieval Child by John A. Mitchell (review) John A. Mitchell, Becoming Human: e M Th atter of the Medieval Child Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014. Becoming Human oer ff s a fascinating approach to how medieval thinkers under - stood and contemplated the concept of the child. It is a study, however, that goes beyond the simple matter of childhood; rather, childhood and the matter of the medieval child become the starting point for a w r es ee la l- rched and deftly articu- lated discussion of ontology and ontogeny, the problem of being and becoming. In this series of essays, Mitchell investigates the various ways in which subjects and objects are linked, suggesting that human identity can be understood through various assemblages of the textual, visual and artefactual. As such, his discussion of morphogenesis through stories of hominization without homogenization, nec- essarily engages various disciplines, from embryology to object theory to quantum physics. While on the surface these might seem disparate disciplines, Mitchell’s careful examination of the evidence (texts, animals’ lives, artifacts, cultural prac- tices) is skillfully structured and organized, allowing the reader to easily follow the reasoning and flow of his argumentation. Focused on the 12th to th 15 centuries, with particular http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Comparatist University of North Carolina Press

Becoming Human: The Matter of the Medieval Child by John A. Mitchell (review)

Parmley, Nicholas
The Comparatist , Volume 41 – Nov 1, 2017
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John A. Mitchell, Becoming Human: e M Th atter of the Medieval Child Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014. Becoming Human oer ff s a fascinating approach to how medieval thinkers under - stood and contemplated the concept of the child. It is a study, however, that goes beyond the simple matter of childhood; rather, childhood and the matter of the medieval child become the starting point for a w r es ee la l- rched and deftly articu- lated discussion of ontology and ontogeny, the problem of being and becoming. In this series of essays, Mitchell investigates the various ways in which subjects and objects are linked, suggesting that human identity can be understood through various assemblages of the textual, visual and artefactual. As such, his discussion of morphogenesis through stories of hominization without homogenization, nec- essarily engages various disciplines, from embryology to object theory to quantum physics. While on the surface these might seem disparate disciplines, Mitchell’s careful examination of the evidence (texts, animals’ lives, artifacts, cultural prac- tices) is skillfully structured and organized, allowing the reader to easily follow the reasoning and flow of his argumentation. Focused on the 12th to th 15 centuries, with particular

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