[A hypothesis for resolving political conflict] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A hypothesis for resolving political conflict]
Subject: Politics; Learned Institutions and Societies; Satire; Scholars; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Balnibarbi; England; Laputa
Description: At the political school at the Grand Academy on Balnibarbi a medical doctor was attempting to use his knowledge of disease to heal the political system. One of his hypotheses was when conflict broke out between two parties, then he would take one member from each party with similar sized heads and then cut into each of their heads, and cut each of their brains in half, and swap half of their brains. By doing this, the doctor thought the two brains would debate within the skull, and come to a compromise, resulting in moderation and regularity of thinking which was desirable for the leaders of the country. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21703
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843); Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
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Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Politics; Learned Institutions and Societies; Satire; Scholars; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures

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