The Enlightenment in practice : academic prize contests and intellectual culture in France, 1670-1794 /

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Public academic prize contests-the concours académique-played a significant role in the intellectual life of Enlightenment France, with aspirants formulating positions on such matters as slavery, poverty, the education of women, tax reform, and urban renewal and submitting the resulting essays for...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Caradonna, Jeremy L., 1979- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Sujets:
1600-1799
Literature > Competitions > France > History > 17th century.
Literature > Competitions > France > History > 18th century.
Literary prizes > France > History > 17th century.
Literary prizes > France > History > 18th century.
Enlightenment > France.
Littérature > Concours > France > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Littérature > Concours > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Prix littéraires > France > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Prix littéraires > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières > France.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
History.
Enlightenment
Intellectual life
Literary prizes
Literature > Competitions
Geistesleben
Literaturpreis
France > Intellectual life > 17th century.
France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siècle.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
France
Frankreich
Electronic book.
History
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Table des matières:
  • The rebirth of the concours académique : cultural politics and the domestication of letters in the age of Louis XIV
  • À la recherche du concours académique
  • The participatory Enlightenment
  • Dijon revisited : Rousseau's first discourse from the perspective of the concours académique
  • The concours académique, political culture, and the formation of the critical public sphere
  • The practical Enlightenment : the concours académique, the state, and the pursuit of expertise
  • Prize contests in the revolutionary crucible : decline and regeneration
  • Conclusion : the Enlightenment in question.

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