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Vitalizing Nature in the Enlightenment
Peter H. Reill
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Description for Vitalizing Nature in the Enlightenment
Hardback. Vitalizing Nature in the Enlightenment analyzes a major shift in the way Enlightenment thinkers conceived of nature in the middle of the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 398 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
This far-reaching study redraws the intellectual map of the Enlightenment and boldly reassesses the legacy of that highly influential period for us today. Peter Hanns Reill argues that in the middle of the eighteenth century, a major shift occurred in the way Enlightenment thinkers conceived of nature that caused many of them to reject the prevailing doctrine of mechanism and turn to a vitalistic model to account for phenomena in natural history, the life sciences, and chemistry. As he traces the ramifications of this new way of thinking through time and across disciplines, Reill provocatively complicates our understanding of the ... Read more
This far-reaching study redraws the intellectual map of the Enlightenment and boldly reassesses the legacy of that highly influential period for us today. Peter Hanns Reill argues that in the middle of the eighteenth century, a major shift occurred in the way Enlightenment thinkers conceived of nature that caused many of them to reject the prevailing doctrine of mechanism and turn to a vitalistic model to account for phenomena in natural history, the life sciences, and chemistry. As he traces the ramifications of this new way of thinking through time and across disciplines, Reill provocatively complicates our understanding of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
Number of Pages
398
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520241350
SKU
V9780520241350
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About Peter H. Reill
Peter Hanns Reill is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he is also Director of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. Reill is author of The German Enlightenment and the Rise of Historicism (1975), and editor or coeditor of What's Left of Enlightenment? A ... Read more
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