Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France - Paperback
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Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France - Paperback
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by Robert Darnton (Author)
"[An] excellent and exemplary study in the history of ideas...Provides a commendable model for those interested in the way 'true' and 'false' ideas interact and broadly influence behavior." --Science
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.
Number of Pages: 232
Dimensions: 0.59 x 8.46 x 5.64 IN
Publication Date: January 01, 1986
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