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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.
Enlightenment. --- France --- Intellectual life. --- Aufklärung --- Eighteenth century --- Philosophy, Modern --- Rationalism --- Mesmer, Franz-Anton --- Enlightenment --- Mesmerism --- Intellectual life --- Alternative medicine --- Subconsciousness --- Animal magnetism --- Hypnotism --- Magnetic healing --- Therapeutics, Suggestive
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The story of how book piracy in pre-Revolutionary France expanded the reach of the works that would inspire momentous change.
Book industries and trade --- Publishers and publishing --- Literature publishing --- Authors and readers --- French imprints --- Enlightenment --- History --- Government policy --- Publishing --- Société typographique de Neuchâtel --- Book history --- book history --- anno 1700-1799 --- 655.4 <44> --- 655.4 <44> Publishing and bookselling in general--Frankrijk --- 655.4 <44> Uitgeverij. Boekhandel--algemeen--Frankrijk --- Publishing and bookselling in general--Frankrijk --- Uitgeverij. Boekhandel--algemeen--Frankrijk --- Book trade --- Cultural industries --- Manufacturing industries --- Authors and publishing --- Book publishing --- Books --- Booksellers and bookselling --- Literary publishing --- Literature --- Imprimerie de la Société typographique (Neuchâtel, Switzerland) --- S.T.N. (Société typographique (Neuchâtel,) --- Société typographique di Neuchâtel --- Société typographique (Neuchâtel, Switzerland) --- STN (Société typographique (Neuchâtel,)
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