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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Darnton, Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1968.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • CONTENTS
  • 1. Mesmerism and Popular Science
  • 2. The Mesmerist Movement
  • 3. The Radical Strain in Mesmerism
  • 4. Mesmerism as a Radical Political Theory
  • 5. From Mesmer to Hugo
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Bibliographical Note
  • Appendix 1. Mesmerâ€?s Propositions
  • Appendix 2. The Milieu of Amateur Scientists in Paris
  • Appendix 3. The Société de lâ€?Harmonie Universelle
  • Appendix 4. Bergasseâ€?s Lectures on Mesmerism
  • Appendix 5. The Emblem and Textbook of the Sociétés de lâ€?Harmonie
  • Appendix 6. An Antimesmerist View