Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France

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.

Author: Robert Darnton
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 01/01/1968
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.64w x 0.59d
ISBN: 9780674569515

About the Author
Darnton, Robert: - Robert Darnton is Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and University Librarian at Harvard University.