Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France
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Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France

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Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France

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"[An] excellent and exemplary study in the history of ideasā€¦Provides a commendable model for those interested in the way 'true' and 'false' ideas interact and broadly influence behavior." ā€”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.

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Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. 1. Mesmerism and Popular Science
  3. 2. The Mesmerist Movement
  4. 3. The Radical Strain in Mesmerism
  5. 4. Mesmerism as a Radical Political Theory
  6. 5. From Mesmer to Hugo
  7. 6. Conclusion
  8. Bibliographical Note
  9. Appendix 1. Mesmerā€™s Propositions
  10. Appendix 2. The Milieu of Amateur Scientists in Paris
  11. Appendix 3. The SociĆ©tĆ© de lā€™Harmonie Universelle
  12. Appendix 4. Bergasseā€™s Lectures on Mesmerism
  13. Appendix 5. The Emblem and Textbook of the SociĆ©tĆ©s de lā€™Harmonie
  14. Appendix 6. An Antimesmerist View
  15. Appendix 7. French Passages Translated in the Text
  16. Index