Magic, Medicine, and the Marvelous in the Time of the Scientific Revolution
by
Zakiya Hanafi
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2000
The Monster in the Machine tracks the ways in which human beings were defined in contrast to supernatural and demonic creatures during the time of the Scientific Revolution. Zakiya Hanafi recreates scenes of Italian life and culture from the late sixteenth to the early eighteenth centuries to show...