The Savant and the State : Science and Cultural Politics in Nineteenth-Century France /

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"There has been a tendency to view science in nineteenth-century France as the exclusive territory of the nation's leading academic centers and the powerful Paris-based administrators who controlled them. Ministries and the great savants and institutions of the capital seem to have defined...

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Autor principal: Fox, Robert, 1938-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Science and state.
Science.
SCIENCE > History.
Politique scientifique et technique > France > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Sciences > France > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Science and state > France > History > 19th century.
Science > France > History > 19th century.
France.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1 Science and the New Order
  • The Return of the Bourbons
  • Patronage, Authority, and the Profession of Science
  • Science and the Industrial Age
  • A Philosophy for the Times: The Roots of Positivism
  • CHAPTER 2 Voices on the Periphery
  • Academies and Societies
  • The Devotee: Nature, Learning, and Locality
  • Science and Decentralization
  • The Triumph of the Center
  • CHAPTER 3 Science, Bureaucracy, and the Empire
  • The Trials of Academic Science
  • Education, Industry, and the Imperial State
  • The Bureaucracy of LearningThe Roots of Academic Reform
  • CHAPTER 4 Science, Philosophy, and the Culture of Secularism
  • The Midcentury: Conformity and Dissent in French Philosophy
  • The Nature of Life: Pasteurâ€?Pouchet Revisited
  • The Radical Synthesis and Its Enemies
  • A Faith for the Age: The Religion of Humanity
  • CHAPTER 5 Science for All
  • Fashioning the Audience
  • Masters of the Mass Market: Flammarion and Figuier
  • The Spoken Word
  • Broader Audiences, Bigger Stakes
  • CHAPTER 6 The Public Face of Republican Science
  • The Savant at War and PeaceCountercurrents: Science in the Catholic Tradition
  • The Republic of the Savants
  • Fin de SiÃ?cle: From Inspiration to Anxiety
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: The French System of Education and Research
  • Appendix B: Exchange Rates and Incomes in Nineteenth-Century France
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliographical Note
  • Index
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