Minerva's message : stabilizing the French Revolution

Minerva's message : stabilizing the French Revolution / Martin S. Staum.

During the French Revolution the French National Institute, including the Class of Moral and Political Sciences (CMPS), was established to replace the abolished Ancien Regime academies. In Minerva's Message Martin Staum explores how what began as the institutionalization of Enlightenment social...

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Main Author: Staum, Martin S. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal [Que.] ; Buffalo, NY : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1996.
Subjects:
Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques > Paris
1700-1899
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Intellectual life
Intellectual life > Political aspects
Französische Revolution
Geistesgeschichte
Franse Revolutie.
Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
Geschichte 1795-1832.
France > Intellectual life > 18th century > Political aspects.
France > Intellectual life > 19th century > Political aspects.
France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
France > Intellectual life > 19th century.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799.
France
France > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle > Aspect politique.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle > Aspect politique.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle.
France > Histoire > 1789-1799 (Révolution)
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Intellectuals, Revolution, and the Social Sciences
  • 2. Enlightenment Social Science Models
  • 3. The Institute Intellectuals: Change and Continuity
  • 4. Advice to Government and Prize Contests
  • 5. The Public Image of the Institute and the Decline of Encyclopedism
  • 6. Indelible Temperament and Condillac's Uncertain Legacy
  • 7. A Science of Morality
  • 8. Philosophical History and Political Discord
  • 9. Human Geography: Correlating Climate, Culture, and Civilization
  • 10. Rights, Utility, and Political Institutions
  • 11. Towards the Political Economy of Commercial Society
  • 12. Suppression and Resurrection of an Academy
  • App. 1. Joseph Lakanal's List of Nominees for the Class of Moral and Political Sciences
  • App. 2. Members and Associates of the Class of Moral and Political Sciences
  • App. 3. The National Institute after the Reorganization of 1803.

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