This is the first academic biography of the scientist and politician Jacob Moleschott (1822-1893). Based on a vast range of primary sources in German, Italian, Dutch, French, and Latin, it not only sheds new light on the history of materialism in the natural sciences, but also shows the deep entanglement of science, politics, and popularization in 19th-century Europe. Applying new methods from cultural history and the history of science, Laura Meneghello focuses on processes of knowledge circulation, transnational mobility, and the role of translation in 19th-century science.
Price: $55.00
Pages: 490
Publisher: transcript publishing
Imprint: transcript publishing
Series: Histoire
Publication Date:
01 April 2018
Trim Size: 8.86 X 5.83 in
ISBN: 9783837639704
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, SCIENCE / History
»A worthy successor to Frederick Gregorys landmark study of 1977 and a fine exemplar of the insight afforded by scientific biography.«
Laura Meneghello (PhD) is a Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Assistant at the Chair of Modern European History of Knowledge and Communication at the University of Siegen. Her research foci are cultural and political history, the history of science and technology, as well as translation studies and the history of economics, infrastructure, and communication.
Frontmatter 1
Table of Contents 5
Formalia and Acknowledgements 9
Introduction: Jacob Moleschott as Transnational Actor in European Cultural History 13
Jacob Moleschott and the Beginning of his European Career 37
Moleschott's Popularization of Physiology and Dietetics in Germany 113
Zürich: Meeting Point of European Liberal Elites 141
Experimental Physiology in Turin and Popularization in the Kingdom of Italy, 1861-1878 163
Moleschott in Rome (1878-1893): Scholar and Senator between Internal and Foreign Politics 223
Cultural Politics: The Civilizing Mission of Science 327
Moleschott on Criminal Anthropology and Penal Law 357
Moleschott and Translation 391
Celebrating Moleschott, Remembering Moleschott 429
Conclusion: Jacob Moleschott, a Transnational Actor between Science and Politics 439
Bibliography 449
Backmatter 489
