The romantic machine : utopian science and technology after Napoleon /

"In the years immediately following Napoleon's defeat, French thinkers in all fields set their minds to the problem of how to recover from the long upheavals that had been set into motion by the French Revolution. Many challenged the Enlightenment's emphasis on mechanics and questione...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tresch, John, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Temas:
1800-1899
Technology > Social aspects > France > 19th century.
Utopias > France > History > 19th century.
Machinery > Social aspects > 19th century.
Science > Social aspects > France > 19th century.
Romanticism > France.
Utopies > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Machines > Aspect social > 19e siècle.
Sciences > Aspect social > France > 19e siècle.
Romantisme > France.
SCIENCE > History.
Romanticism.
Science > Social aspects.
Technology > Social aspects.
Utopias.
France > History > February Revolution, 1848.
France > Histoire > 1848 (Révolution de février)
France.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: Mechanical romanticism
  • Part 1. Devices of Cosmic Unity: 2. Ampère's experiments: contours of a cosmic substance; 3. Humboldt's instruments: even the tools will be free; 4. Arago's daguerreotype: the labor theory of knowledge
  • Part 2. Spectacles of Creation and Metamorphosis: 5. The devil's opera: fantastic physiospiritualism; 6. Monsters, machine-men, magicians: the automaton in the garden
  • Part 3. Engineers of Artificial Paradises: 7. Saint-Simonian engines: love and conversions; 8. Leroux's pianotype: the organogenesis of humanity; 9. Comte's calendar: from infinite universe to closed world
  • 10. Conclusion: Afterlives of the romantic machine.

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