Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France

Robert Darnton

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$36.00 • £28.95 • €32.50

ISBN 9780674569515

Publication Date: 01/01/1986

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232 pages

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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. Mesmer’s Propositions
Appendix 2. The Milieu of Amateur Scientists in Paris
Appendix 3. The Société de l’Harmonie Universelle
Appendix 4. Bergasse’s Lectures on Mesmerism
Appendix 5. The Emblem and Textbook of the Sociétés de l’Harmonie
Appendix 6. An Antimesmerist View
Appendix 7. French Passages Translated in the Text
Index

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