Child of the Enlightenment : : revolutionary Europe reflected in a boyhood diary / / by Arianne Baggerman and Rudolf Dekker ; translated by Dianne Webb.

• Superior document: Egodocuments and history series, v. 1
• Author: Baggerman, Arianne.
• TeilnehmendeR: Dekker, Rudolf.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Egodocuments and history series ; v. 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (568 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Kind van de toekomst.; Preliminary Materials /; Introduction - Delft 2004 /; Prologue /; Chapter One. An Enlightened Education /; Chapter Two. Otto’s Diary /; Chapter Three. Required Reading /; Chapter Four. The Garden As A Pedagogical Project /; Chapter Five. Social World /; Chapter Six. Broadening Horizons /; Chapter Seven. Changing Concepts Of Time /; Chapter Eight. Reconstructing Man And Society /; Chapter Nine. Revolution In The Netherlands /; Chapter Ten. Children Of The Future /; Chapter Eleven. Theophilanthropists And Physico-Theologians /; Chapter Twelve. The Vulnerable Body /; Epilogue /; Notes /; List Of Illustrations /; Index /; Illustration Credits /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-534) and index.
• ISBN: 1282400770; 9786612400773; 9047426169
• ISSN: 1873-653X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Arianne Baggerman and Rudolf Dekker ; translated by Dianne Webb.

A diary kept by a boy in the 1790's sheds new light on the rise of autobiographical writing in the 19th century and sketches a panoramic view of Europe in the Age of Enlightenment. The French Revolution and the Batavian Revolution in the Netherlands provide the backdrop to this study, which ranges from changing perceptions of time, space and nature to the thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and its influence on such far-flung fields as education, landscape gardening and politics. The book describes the high expectations people had of science and medicine, and their disappointment at the failure of these new branches of learning to cure the world of its ills.