{"product_id":"an-alchemist-in-chains-the-case-against-the-mystic-johann-konrad-dippel-in-altona-hardcover","title":"An Alchemist in Chains: The Case Against the Mystic Johann Konrad Dippel in Altona - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrederik Stjernfelt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e How could a pious, Christian mystic spread radical Enlightenment ideas and freedom of thought? Johann Konrad Dippel was a radical pietist, an alchemist, a philosopher, a medical doctor, a renegade, a firebrand. He was also one of the most-read authors of early eighteenth-century Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Born at the Burg Frankenstein in the South of Germany, he was a truly cosmopolitan figure, straying between France, Berlin, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and various German states. From 1714-1719, he was in Altona near Hamburg, then the second city of Denmark-Norway. Here, a labyrinthine case was brought against him, terminating with his banishment to the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This book is the first to investigate in detail the \u003cem\u003eCase Against Dippel\u003c\/em\u003e in Altona, pitting him in a struggle against the strongest noble couple of Denmark-Norway, the Reventlows, presiding in Altona. It was a case involving libel, bribes, corruption, but also branching into blasphemy and gold-making. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The investigation of the \u003cem\u003eCase Against Dippel\u003c\/em\u003e is embedded in a narrative of what is known about his frantic life and defiant thought before and after his seven-years' incarceration. The whole story throws a new light upon the challenging question of the origin of Modernity and the clandestine connections between radical pietism and radical Enlightenment. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47411288703154,"sku":"9783111479729","price":150.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/16cb5ba60f62cc905379fc432de108de.webp?v=1778296369","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/an-alchemist-in-chains-the-case-against-the-mystic-johann-konrad-dippel-in-altona-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}