Jacob Moleschott - A Transnational Biography : : Science, Politics, and Popularization in Nineteenth-Century Europe / / Laura Meneghello.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Meneghello, Laura,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2018]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Histoire ; 117
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (490 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Formalia and Acknowledgements --; Introduction: Jacob Moleschott as Transnational Actor in European Cultural History --; Jacob Moleschott and the Beginning of his European Career --; Moleschott's Popularization of Physiology and Dietetics in Germany --; Zürich: Meeting Point of European Liberal Elites --; Experimental Physiology in Turin and Popularization in the Kingdom of Italy, 1861-1878 --; Moleschott in Rome (1878-1893): Scholar and Senator between Internal and Foreign Politics --; Cultural Politics: The Civilizing Mission of Science --; Moleschott on Criminal Anthropology and Penal Law --; Moleschott and Translation --; Celebrating Moleschott, Remembering Moleschott --; Conclusion: Jacob Moleschott, a Transnational Actor between Science and Politics --; Bibliography --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839439708; 9783110719543; 9783110604252; 9783110603255; 9783110604030; 9783110603149; 9783110661545
• DOI: 10.1515/9783839439708?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Laura Meneghello.

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.