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Mesmerism and the end of the Enlightenment in France.
Early in 1788, Franz Anton Mesmer, a Viennese physician, arrived in Paris and began to promulgate a somewhat exotic theory of healing that almost immediately seized the imagination of the general populace. Robert Darnton, in his lively study of mesmerism and its relation to eighteenth-century radica...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass.,
Harvard University Press,
1968.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Early in 1788, Franz Anton Mesmer, a Viennese physician, arrived in Paris and began to promulgate a somewhat exotic theory of healing that almost immediately seized the imagination of the general populace. Robert Darnton, in his lively study of mesmerism and its relation to eighteenth-century radical political thought and popular scientific notions, provides a useful contribution to the study of popular culture and the manner in which ideas are diffused down through various social levels. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages) illustrations, portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780674030190 0674030192 0674569512 9780674569515 9780674569508 0674569504 |