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The Romantic Machine
John Tresch
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Description for The Romantic Machine
Hardback. In the years immediately following Napoleon's defeat, French thinkers in all fields set their minds to the problem of how to recover from the long upheavals that had been set into motion by the French Revolution. This book intends to alter our understanding of the scientific and cultural landscape of the early nineteenth century. Num Pages: 408 pages, 46 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
In the years immediately following Napoleon's defeat, French thinkers in all fields set their minds to the problem of how to recover from the long upheavals that had been set into motion by the French Revolution. Many challenged the Enlightenment's emphasis on mechanics and questioned the rising power of machines, seeking a return to the organic unity of an earlier age and triggering the artistic and philosophical movement of romanticism. Previous scholars have viewed romanticism and industrialization in opposition, but in this groundbreaking volume John Tresch reveals how thoroughly entwined science and the arts were in early nineteenth-century France and ... Read more
In the years immediately following Napoleon's defeat, French thinkers in all fields set their minds to the problem of how to recover from the long upheavals that had been set into motion by the French Revolution. Many challenged the Enlightenment's emphasis on mechanics and questioned the rising power of machines, seeking a return to the organic unity of an earlier age and triggering the artistic and philosophical movement of romanticism. Previous scholars have viewed romanticism and industrialization in opposition, but in this groundbreaking volume John Tresch reveals how thoroughly entwined science and the arts were in early nineteenth-century France and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226812205
SKU
V9780226812205
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About John Tresch
John Tresch is associate professor in the Department of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
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