This item mesmerism and the end of the enlightenment in france by robert darnton paperback cdn4648 dialectic of enlightenment cultural memory in the present by theodor w horkheimer paperback cdn3854 customers who bought this item also bought page 1 of 1 start over page 1 of 1. Early in 1788 franz anton mesmer a viennese physician arrived in paris and began to promulgate a somewhat exotic theory of healing that almost immediately seized the imagination of the general populace. Mesmerism and the end of the enlightenment in france electronic resource item preview remove circle share or embed this item mesmerism and the end of the enlightenment in france electronic resource by robert darnton publication date 1968 usage attribution noncommercial 30 topics mesmer mesmerism france enlightenment politics 18th century publisher harvard university press . Mesmerism and the end of the enlightenment in france robert darnton google books early in 1788 franz anton mesmer a viennese physician arrived in paris and began to promulgate a somewhat. Early in 1788 franz anton mesmer a viennese physician arrived in paris and began to promulgate a somewhat exotic theory of healing that almost immediately seized the imagination of the general