{"product_id":"the-alpine-enlightenment-horace-benedict-de-saussure-and-natures-sensorium-paperback-2","title":"The Alpine Enlightenment: Horace-Bénédict de Saussure and Nature's Sensorium - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathleen Kete\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA study of the experience of nature in the eighteenth century based on the life of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740\u003c\/b\u003e-99). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Alpine Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Kathleen Kete takes us into the world of the Genevan geologist, physicist, inventor, and mountaineer Horace-Bénédict de Saussure. During his prodigious climbs into the upper ranges of the Alps, Saussure focused intensely on the natural phenomena he encountered--glaciers, crevasses, changes in the weather, and shifts in the color of the sky--and he described with great precision what he saw, heard, and touched. Kete uses Saussure's evocative writings, which emphasized above all physical engagement with the earth, to uncover not just how people during the Enlightenment \u003ci\u003ethought \u003c\/i\u003eabout nature, but how they \u003ci\u003eexperienced \u003c\/i\u003eit. As Kete shows, Saussure thought with and through his body: he harnessed his senses to understand the forces that shaped the world around him. In so doing, he offered a vision of nature as worthy of respect independent of human needs, anticipating present-day concerns about the environment and our shared place within it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathleen Kete\u003c\/b\u003e is the Borden W. Painter, Jr., '58\/H'95 Professor of European History at Trinity College in Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.9 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47291094761721,"sku":"9780226835488","price":52.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Jx7xZVrB_79780226835488_d2e8918e-c617-4a9e-a3ea-be914e00fc85.webp?v=1769156109","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-alpine-enlightenment-horace-benedict-de-saussure-and-natures-sensorium-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}