Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France

by Darnton, Robert
ISBN: 9780674569515
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Overview

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.
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Darnton, Robert
  • ISBN: 9780674569515
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.46 x 0.59
  • Number Of Pages: 232
  • Publication Year: 1986