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Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France

Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France - Paperback

by Robert Darnton
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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert DarntonPublish date:1986-01-01Pages:232
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674569515ISBN-10:674569512UPC:9780674569515Book Category:Psychology, History, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Hypnotism, EconomicsSize:8.46 x 5.64 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.6305Product ID:SC7S77KNAM

"[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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674569515ISBN-10:674569512UPC:9780674569515Book Category:Psychology, History, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Hypnotism, EconomicsSize:8.46 x 5.64 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.6305Product ID:SC7S77KNAM
Darnton, Robert: - Robert Darnton is Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and University Librarian at Harvard University.
Publisher: Harvard University Press

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