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Artisanal Enlightenment Science And The Mechanical Arts In Old Regime France Paola Bertucci

SKU: BELL-38438862

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Publisher: Yale University Press

File Extension: PDF

File size: 21.52 MB

Pages: 312

Author: Paola Bertucci

ISBN: 9780300227413, 0300227418

Language: English

Year: 2017

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Artisanal Enlightenment Science And The Mechanical Arts In Old Regime France Paola Bertucci by Paola Bertucci 9780300227413, 0300227418 instant download after payment.

A groundbreaking work that places the mechanical arts and the world of making at the heart of the Enlightenment
What would the Enlightenment look like from the perspective ofartistes, the learned artisans withesprit, who presented themselves in contrast to philosophers, savants, and routine-bound craftsmen? Making a radical change of historical protagonists, Paola Bertucci places the mechanical arts and the world of making at the heart of the Enlightenment. At a time of great colonial, commercial, and imperial concerns,artistesplanned encyclopedic projects and sought an official role in the administration of the French state. TheSociété des Arts, which they envisioned as a state institution that would foster France’s colonial and economic expansion, was the most ambitious expression of their collective aspirations.

Artisanal Enlightenmentprovides the first in-depth study of theSociété, and demonstrates its legacy in scientific programs, academies, and the making of Diderot and D’Alembert’sEncyclopédie. Through insightful analysis of textual, visual, and material sources, Bertucci provides a groundbreaking perspective on the politics of writing on the mechanical arts and the development of key Enlightenment concepts such as improvement, utility, and progress.