Science, enlightenment and revolution : selected papers, 1976-2019 / Dorinda Outram.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Outram, Dorinda, author.

Series:

Collected studies

Variorum collected studies

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--France--History.

Science.

France.

History.

Enlightenment--France.

Enlightenment.

France--Intellectual life--18th century.

Intellectual life.

France--Intellectual life--19th century.

France--Civilization--1789-1830.

Civilization.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

Summary:

"Science, Enlightenment and Revolution brings together thirteen papers by renowned historian Dorinda Outram. Published between 1976 and 2019, and scattered in a variety of journals and collected volumes, these articles are published together here for the first time. During her distinguished career, Outram has made significant contributions to the history of science, the history and historiography of the Enlightenment, to gender history, the history of geographical exploration, and the historical uses of language. This volume also includes other writings by Outram, comprising an unpublished introduction in the form of an intellectual autobiography. Placing this together with her collected academic papers offers readers an overview of her development as an historian and a writer. This book is important reading for scholars and students of early modern Europe, as well as those interested in the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and gender studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Education and politics in Piedmont, 1796-1814

The language of natural power : The Eloges of Georges Cuvier and the public language of nineteenth-century science

Politics and vocation : French science 1793-1830

The ordeal of vocation : the Paris Academy of Sciences and the French revolutionary terror, 1793-1795

Before objectivity : wives, patronage and cultural reproduction in early nineteenth century French science

"Le langage mâle de la vertu : women and the discourse of the French Revolution

Life-paths : autobiography, science, and the French Revolution

New spaces in natural history

On being Perseus : new knowledge, dislocation, and enlightenment exploration

The enlightenment our contemporary

Heavenly bodies and logical minds : John Banville's astronomical novels

Negating the natural : or why historians Deny Irish science

Enlightenment struggles.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Outram, Dorinda. Science, enlightenment and revolution

ISBN:

9780367481193

0367481197

9781032064543

1032064544

OCLC:

1256588906