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The time of enlightenment : constructing the future in France, 1750 to year one /

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"In this manuscript, the author demonstrates how a new idea of the future came into being in eighteenth-century France with the development of modern biological, economic, and social engineering. With the emergence of these practices, the future transformed from something that was largely belie...

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Main Author: Nelson, William Max, 1976- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Enlightenment > France.
Enlightenment > France > Influence.
Forecasting > Social aspects > France > History > 18th century.
Future, The > Social aspects > France > History > 18th century.
Future, The > Philosophy.
Philosophy, French > 18th century.
France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Siècle des Lumières > France.
Siècle des Lumières > France > Influence.
Prévision > Aspect social > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Futur > Aspect social > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Futur > Philosophie.
Philosophie française > 18e siècle.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
SCIENCE / History
Enlightenment.
Enlightenment > Influence.
Intellectual life.
Philosophy, French.
France.
1700-1799
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Making Time Different: Historical Change and the Laws of Nature
  • Living the Future: Ideas of Progress and Uncanny Temporality
  • "The Explosion of Light": The Economic Order and the Scientific Revelation of the Future
  • Generating Time: Buffon and the Biological Instruments of Futurity
  • The Time of Regeneration: Renewal, Rupture, and Beginning Anew in the French Revolution.