{"product_id":"the-sciences-in-enlightened-europe-9780226109404","title":"The Sciences in Enlightened Europe","description":"Radically reorienting our understanding of the Enlightenment, this book explores the complex relations between \"enlightened\" values and the making of scientific knowledge. Here monsters and automata, barometers and botanical gardens, polite academies and boisterous clubs are all given their due place in the landscape of enlightened Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe contributors examine the production of new disciplines through work with instruments and techniques; consider how institutions of public taste and conversation helped provide a common frame for the study of human and nonhuman natures; and explore the regional operations of scientific culture at the geographical fringes of Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImplicated in the rise of both fascism and liberal secularism, the moral and political values that shaped the Enlightenment remain controversial today. Through careful scrutiny of how these values influenced and were influenced by the concrete practices of its sciences, this book gives us an entirely new sense of the Enlightenment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClark, William:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eWilliam Clark\u003c\/b\u003e is visiting assistant professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Sciences in Enlightened Europe\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409981051154,"sku":"9780226109404","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5b4e7be9-3f41-4cba-9548-ff36358130aa.jpg?v=1729297003","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sciences-in-enlightened-europe-9780226109404","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}