9780199544707 - The Shadow of Enlightenment: Optical and Political Transparency in France 1789-1848 de Levitt, Theresa (6 resultados)

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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover, vii + 192 pages, b&w illustrations in text, NOT ex-library. Book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. In a bright untorn dust jacket. -- A nuanced historical study that bridges the history of science and political theory to analyze the parallel rise of optical transparency and the political ideal of an "open government" in France between the Revolution of 1789 and the Revolution of 1848. Theresa Levitt, a historian of science at Harvard University, argues that the Enlightenment ideal of a perfectly "transparent" society - where all actions are visible and all information is accessible - was paradoxically sustained by the use of new scientific technologies that were anything but simple or universally understood. Levitt shows how scientific concepts were used as powerful metaphors in political discourse. The pursuit of optical clarity through complex instruments mirrored the political pursuit of a virtuous, transparent republic that would eliminate "shadows" of corruption. The book suggests that the pursuit of absolute transparency often led to its opposite. The reliance on advanced, technical instruments meant that interpretation of reality became an elite domain, fostering new forms of opacity and mistrust among the general public. The book has been highly praised by historians for its original approach to intellectual history, demonstrating how physical metaphors shaped political ideology during a turbulent era. It is considered a significant contribution to the fields of French history, the history of science, and media studies.

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