by Robert Darnton · Libr. Acad. Perrin · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782262003241
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«La Fin des Lumières» is the historical essay by Robert Darnton, published by Librairie Académique Perrin in paperback in 1984 (220 pages, in French).
It analyses the spread of mesmerism in pre-revolutionary France and its influence on the intellectual world of the Enlightenment. Darnton studies how this doctrine of animal magnetism intertwined with scientific, philosophical and political debates, and how it helped shape public opinion before the French Revolution.
The work belongs to the Pour l'Histoire collection, directed by Pierre Chaunu; the translation from English is by Marie-Alyx Revellat and includes bibliography and index.
Aimed at readers of intellectual history and the French Enlightenment, with an interest in the scientific and political culture of the eighteenth century.
Robert Choate Darnton is an American cultural historian and academic librarian who specializes in 18th-century France.
