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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Introduction - Delft 2004 / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Prologue / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Chapter One. An Enlightened Education / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Chapter Two. Otto’s Diary / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Chapter Three. Required Reading / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Chapter Four. The Garden As A Pedagogical Project / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Chapter Five. Social World / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Chapter Six. Broadening Horizons / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Chapter Seven. Changing Concepts Of Time / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Chapter Eight. Reconstructing Man And Society / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Chapter Nine. Revolution In The Netherlands / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Chapter Ten. Children Of The Future / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Chapter Eleven. Theophilanthropists And Physico-Theologians / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Chapter Twelve. The Vulnerable Body / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Epilogue / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Notes / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- List Of Illustrations / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Index / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker -- Illustration Credits / J.A. Baggerman and R.M. Dekker.