Anatrini, Leonardo (Author)
Ciardi, Marco (Author)
Carocci Editore
Physical Details: 212
Language: Italian
Dopo la nascita della chimica moderna, alla fine del Settecento, l’alchimia continuò a suscitare l’interesse di molti studiosi, anche in ambito accademico. Il libro intende ricostruire gli intricati percorsi della tradizione alchemica francese nel corso dell’Ottocento, sottolineandone il ruolo nella diffusione pubblica dell’esoterismo. Una storia che va a intrecciarsi, in molti casi, con lo sviluppo della divulgazione scientifica, con lo spiritismo e con le dottrine di movimenti e organizzazioni quali la Società Teosofica, aprendo la strada a una forma di letteratura ancora molto in voga ai nostri giorni. Il volume propone una significativa raccolta di testi, per la maggior parte inediti in traduzione italiana, che consente ai lettori di immergersi pienamente, con consapevolezza critica, nei meandri di una disciplina che ancora oggi non ha smesso di esercitare il suo fascino. [Abstract translated by Google Translate: This is the abstract in English… After the birth of modern chemistry, at the end of the eighteenth century, alchemy continued to arouse the interest of many scholars, including the academic sphere. The book aims to reconstruct the intricate paths of the French alchemical tradition during the nineteenth century, emphasizing their role in the public diffusion of esotericism. A story that is intertwined, in many cases, with the development of scientific popularization, with spiritism and with the doctrines of movements and organizations such as the Theosophical Society, paving the way for a form of literature which is still very popular today. The volume offers a significant collection of texts, for the most part unpublished in Italian translation, which allow readers to fully immerse themselves, with critical awareness, in the maze of a discipline that has not yet ceased to exercise its charm.]
...MoreReview Luigi Cerruti; Elena Ghibaudi (2020) Review of "La scienza impossibile: Percorsi dell'alchimia in Francia tra Ottocento e Novecento". Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza (pp. 746-749).
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