Life forms in the thinking of the long eighteenth century / edited by Keith Michael Baker and Jenna M. Gibbs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Keith Michael, author, editor.

Contributor:

Gibbs, Jenna M., 1961- editor.

University of California, Los Angeles. Center for 17th- & 18th- Century Studies, issuing body.

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, issuing body.

Series:

UCLA Clark Memorial Library series ; 24.

The UCLA Clark Memorial Library series ; 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vitalism.

Science--History--18th century.

Science.

History.

Enlightenment.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 263 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Published by the University of Toronto Press in association with the UCLA Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 2016.

Summary:

"For many years, scholars have been moving away from the idea of a singular, secular, rationalistic, and mechanistic "Enlightenment project." Historian Peter Reill has been one of those at the forefront of this development, demonstrating the need for a broader and more varied understanding of eighteenth-century conceptions of nature. Life Forms in the Thinking of the Long Eighteenth Century is a unique reappraisal of Enlightenment thought on nature, biology, and the organic world that responds to Reill's work. The ten essays included in the collection analyse the place of historicism, vitalism, and esotericism in the eighteenth century--three strands of thought rarely connected, but all of which are central to Reill's innovative work. Working across national and regional boundaries, they engage not only French and English but also Italian, Swiss, and German writers."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 History as a Life Form

1 Johann Christoph Gatterer and History as Science / Martin Gierl Gierl, Martin 19

2 An Epicurean Democracy in Language: The volte face in Johann David Michaelis's Early Career / Avi Lifschjtz Lifschjtz, Avi 45

3 Reill's Vitalizing Nature in the Enlightenment and German Naiurphilosophic / John Zammito Zammito, John 70

Part 2 Vitalism in Political and Cultural Translation

4 "That Infinite Variety of Human Forms": Modern Identity and Portraiture in Enlightenment England / Frédéric Ogée Ogée, Frédéric 95

5 Was Marat a Vitalist? / Keith Michael Baker Baker, Keith Michael 110

6 The Vital Organism in the Thought of Humboldt and Mill / Kris Pangburn Pangburn, Kris 125

Part 3 Esotericism and the Enlightenment

7 Constructs of Life Forms in Lavater's Physiognomy / Annette Graczyk Graczyk, Annette 153

8 The Preaching Philosopher: Andreas Weber (1718-81) between Wolffian Philosophy and Heterodox Theology / Renko Geffarth Geffarth, Renko 179

9 Between Myth and Archive, Alchemy and Science in Eighteenth-Century Naples: The Cabinet of Raimondo di Sangro, Prince of San Severo / Clorinda Donato Donato, Clorinda 208

10 The Liberal Mysticism of Madame de Staël / Helena Rosenblatt Rosenblatt, Helena 233.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442630246

1442630248

OCLC:

925497591

Publisher Number:

99968024235