Paolo Mantegazza

Comment se marier ?: l'art de prendre femme et du choix d'un mari / par Paul Mantegazza, ...; traduction de M. Emilien ChesneauDate de l'edition originale: 1890-1900Sujet de l'ouvrage: Choix du conjointCe livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l'opportunite d'acceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des fonds patrimoniaux de la BnF. Les oeuvres faisant partie de cette collection ont ete numerisees par la BnF et sont presentes sur Gallica, sa bibliotheque numerique. En entreprenant de redonner vie a ces ouvrages au travers d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande, nous leur donnons la possibilite de rencontrer un public elargi et participons a la transmission de connaissances et de savoirs parfois difficilement accessibles. Nous avons cherche a concilier la reproduction fidele d'un livre ancien a partir de sa version numerisee avec le souci d'un confort de lecture optimal. Nous esperons que les ouvrages de cette nouvelle collection vous apporteront entiere satisfaction. Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr

Quali abilit sono richieste per essere un buon parlamentare? In che modo si possono classificare i deputati? E il sistema rappresentativo una delle maggiori glorie della civilt moderna o soltanto un trucco per illudere il popolo di essere sovrano? Sono soltanto alcune delle domande che si pone Paolo Mantegazza, illustre antropologo ottocentesco finito quasi per caso in Parlamento. Nel dare l'addio alla carriera da legislatore, egli prova ad applicare alla politica la metodologia etnografica. Il risultato un ritratto ironico e impietoso, in grado di sollevare domande ancora attuali dopo pi di cento anni.

First published in 1897, The Year 3000 is the most daring and original work of fiction by the prominent Italian anthropologist Paolo Mantegazza. A futuristic utopian novel, the book follows two young lovers who, as they travel from Rome to the capital of the United Planetary States to celebrate their "mating union," encounter the marvels of cultural and scientific advances along the way. Intriguing in itself, The Year 3000 is also remarkable for both its vision of the future (predicting an astonishing array of phenomena from airplanes, artificial intelligence, CAT scans, and credit cards to controversies surrounding divorce, abortion, and euthanasia) and the window it opens on fin de siècle Europe. Published here for the first time in English, this richly annotated edition features an invaluable introductory essay that interprets the intertextual and intercultural connections within and beyond Mantegazza's work. For its critical contribution to early science fiction and for its insights into the hopes, fears, and clash of values in the Western world of both Mantegazza's time and our own, this book belongs among the visionary giants of speculative literature.