The savant and the state : science and cultural politics in Nineteenth-Century France / Robert Fox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fox, Robert, 1938-

Series:

Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science.

The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science and state--France--History--19th century.

Science and state.

Science--France--History--19th century.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (421 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This debate, Fox argues, became a contest for the hearts and minds of the French citizenry.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Science and the New Order; The Return of the Bourbons; Patronage, Authority, and the Profession of Science; Science and the Industrial Age; A Philosophy for the Times: The Roots of Positivism; CHAPTER 2 Voices on the Periphery; Academies and Societies; The Devotee: Nature, Learning, and Locality; Science and Decentralization; The Triumph of the Center; CHAPTER 3 Science, Bureaucracy, and the Empire; The Trials of Academic Science; Education, Industry, and the Imperial State; The Bureaucracy of Learning; The Roots of Academic Reform

CHAPTER 4 Science, Philosophy, and the Culture of SecularismThe Midcentury: Conformity and Dissent in French Philosophy; The Nature of Life: Pasteur-Pouchet Revisited; The Radical Synthesis and Its Enemies; A Faith for the Age: The Religion of Humanity; CHAPTER 5 Science for All; Fashioning the Audience; Masters of the Mass Market: Flammarion and Figuier; The Spoken Word; Broader Audiences, Bigger Stakes; CHAPTER 6 The Public Face of Republican Science; The Savant at War and Peace; Countercurrents: Science in the Catholic Tradition; The Republic of the Savants

Fin de Siècle: From Inspiration to AnxietyConclusion; Appendix A: The French System of Education and Research; Appendix B: Exchange Rates and Incomes in Nineteenth-Century France; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Illustrations for following page

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4214-0878-3

OCLC:

923195950