The Enlightenment in Practice : Academic Prize Contests and Intellectual Culture in France, 1670-1794 /

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Public academic prize contests-the concours academique-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 s...

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Main Author: Caradonna, Jeremy L., 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Literaturpreis
Geistesleben
Literature > Competitions.
Literary prizes.
Intellectual life.
Enlightenment.
History.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Siecle des Lumieres > France.
Prix litteraires > France > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Prix litteraires > France > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Litterature > Concours > France > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Litterature > Concours > France > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Enlightenment > France.
Literary prizes > France > History > 18th century.
Literary prizes > France > History > 17th century.
Literature > Competitions > France > History > 18th century.
Literature > Competitions > France > History > 17th century.
Frankreich
France.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siecle.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siecle.
France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
France > Intellectual life > 17th century.
History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The rebirth of the concours academique : cultural politics and the domestication of letters in the age of Louis XIV
  • À la recherche du concours academique
  • The participatory Enlightenment
  • Dijon revisited : Rousseau's first discourse from the perspective of the concours academique
  • The concours academique, political culture, and the formation of the critical public sphere
  • The practical Enlightenment : the concours academique, 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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