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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staum, Martin S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Institut national de France.

Enlightenment--France.

Enlightenment.

France--Intellectual life--18th century--Political aspects.

France.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 342 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 science culture became a tool to end revolutionary turmoil and establish social order.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables

Preface

Intellectuals, Revolution, and the Social Sciences

Enlightenment Social Science Models

The Institute Intellectuals: Change and Continuity

Advice to Government and Prize Contests

The Public Image of the Institute and the Decline of Encyclopedism

Indelible Temperament and Condillac’s Uncertain Legacy

A Science of Morality

Philosophical History and Political Discord

Human Geography: Correlating Climate, Culture, and Civilization

Rights, Utility, and Political Institutions

Towards the Political Economy of Commercial Society

Suppression and Resurrection of an Academy

Joseph Lakanal’s List of Nominees for the Class of Moral and Political Sciences for Consideration by the National Convention, October 1795 (cancelled by the Directory)

Members and Associates of the Class of Moral and Political Sciences, Established in 1795

The National Institute after the Reorganization of 1803

Members of the Class of Moral and Political Sciences Carried Over into the Revived Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in 1832

Number of Memoirs Read before the Class of Moral and Political Sciences and Published in Its Collection

Prize Contests of the Class of Moral and Political Sciences

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-331) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85415-1

9786612854156

0-7735-6624-4

OCLC:

243500890