PDF-[BOOK]-The Romantic Machine: Utopian Science and Technology after Napoleon

In the years immediately following Napoleons defeat French thinkers in all fields set their minds to the problem of how to recover from the long upheavals that had been set into motion by the French Revolution Many challenged the Enlightenments emphasis on mechanics and questioned the rising power of machines seeking a return to the organic unity of an earlier age and triggering the artistic and philosophical movement of romanticism Previous scholars have viewed romanticism and industrialization in opposition but in this groundbreaking volume John Tresch reveals how thoroughly entwined science and the arts were in early nineteenthcentury France and how they worked together to unite a fractured societyFocusing on a set of celebrated technologies including steam engines electromagnetic and geophysical instruments early photography and massscale printing Tresch looks at how new conceptions of energy instrumentality and association fueled such diverse developments as fantastic literature popular astronomy grand opera positivism utopian socialism and the Revolution of 1848 He shows that those who attempted to fuse organicism and mechanism in various ways including Alexander von Humboldt and Auguste Comte charted a road not taken that resonates todayEssential reading for historians of science intellectual and cultural historians of Europe and literary and art historians The Romantic Machine is poised to profoundly alter our understanding of the scientific and cultural landscape of the early nineteenth century. Ursula Le Guin. The purpose of a thought-experiment, as the term was used by Schrodinger’s and other physicists, is not to predict the . future— . . . but to . describe reality, the present world. Science fiction is not predictive; it is descriptive.. Utopian . & . Dystopian Imaginings. Course Description. 12.5 . PreliminaryEnglish. (Extension). CourseRequirements. In the Preliminary English (Extension) course, students explore how and why texts are valued in and appropriated into a range of contexts. They consider why some texts may be perceived as culturally significant. Udayan. Roy. http://myweb.liu.edu/~uroy/eco54/. Utopian Socialists. Henri Comte de Saint-Simon (1760-1825). Charles Fourier (1772-1837). Simonde. de Sismondi (1773-1842). Robert Owen (1771-1858). Historical Background. Consolidation of Power. Background to Napoleon’s Rise to Power. With the death of Robespierre in July 1794, the Reign of Terror ended.. This brought a wave of reaction that swept across France known as the White Terror (Thermidor Reaction).. By Trajan Harris and Jesus Juarez. Utopia. Often considered an imaginary place. A perfect society. Established laws, governments, and societies that were considered ideal . The ideal utopian society. Family . Napoleon was born in Corsica . –. an Italian city that was once part of Italy but now under the rule of France. . Napoleon’s father . –. Charles Bonaparte . –. was to go to Versailles and represent the people of Corsica at the Estates General. . Approximately 1810-1900. Growth of established forms; such as opera, mass, symphonies and concertos.. Greater experimentation and freedom to explore timbre and harmony as the orchestra expands.. Associations with other art forms and artists – writers, poets, artists and other musicians.. and Utopian Societies. The Second Great Awakening. Around 1800 – 1830’s. Revival of the Great Awakening of the early 18. th. century. Emphasis on personal piety over schooling and theology. A religious movement during the 19. Queen Marie Antoinette, King Louis XVI. The Eve of Revolution. 1789. French Old Order/Three Estates. . 1. Clergy. . 2. Nobility. . 3. Everyone else. Enlightenment Ideas. Questioning inequalities of Old Regime. 1769 – 1821. F. rom . a poor . Corsican family . of minor nobility. Was a 20 year old French army officer when the French Revolution broke . out, rose to rank of general by age 24. In the wars . between . SSWH14 The student will analyze the Age of Revolutions and Rebellions.. c. Explain Napoleon’s rise to power, and his defeat; and explain the consequences for Europe.. The Rise of Napoleon. Napoleon Bonaparte dominated French and European history from 1799 – 1815. . Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?. Napoleon Bonaparte was a military and political leader of France. He crowned himself Emperor of the France, and his actions shaped European politics in the early 19. th. century. (1800s). Honors World History. Napoleon. When royalist. rebels threatened the National Convention. . Napoleon . was called in to . stop it. . He. was . rewarded him with military missions. Was victorious against the Austrians in Italy & the British at . In the years immediately following Napoleon’s defeat, French thinkers in all fields set their minds to the problem of how to recover from the long upheavals that had been set into motion by the French Revolution. Many challenged the Enlightenment’s emphasis on mechanics and questioned the rising power of machines, seeking a return to the organic unity of an earlier age and triggering the artistic and philosophical movement of romanticism. Previous scholars have viewed romanticism and industrialization in opposition, but in this groundbreaking volume John Tresch reveals how thoroughly entwined science and the arts were in early nineteenth-century France and how they worked together to unite a fractured society.Focusing on a set of celebrated technologies, including steam engines, electromagnetic and geophysical instruments, early photography, and mass-scale printing, Tresch looks at how new conceptions of energy, instrumentality, and association fueled such diverse developments as fantastic literature, popular astronomy, grand opera, positivism, utopian socialism, and the Revolution of 1848. He shows that those who attempted to fuse organicism and mechanism in various ways, including Alexander von Humboldt and Auguste Comte, charted a road not taken that resonates today.Essential reading for historians of science, intellectual and cultural historians of Europe, and literary and art historians, The Romantic Machine is poised to profoundly alter our understanding of the scientific and cultural landscape of the early nineteenth century.