The romantic machine : utopian science and technology after Napoleon /
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 449 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [377]-430) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226812229 (electronic bk.) 0226812227 (electronic bk.) |