The Monster in the Machine: Magic, Medicine, and the Marvelous in the Time of the Scientific Revolution by Zakiya Hanafi

The Monster in the Machine: Magic, Medicine, and the Marvelous in the Time of the Scientific Revolution

Zakiya Hanafi

288 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

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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 ...

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