| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 342 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Institut national de France. |
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Revolution (France : 1789-1799) |
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Paris -- Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. |
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France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century -- Political aspects.
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France. |
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century -- Political aspects.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
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France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Staum, Martin S. Minerva's message. Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1996 (DLC) 98121901 |
| ISBN |
9780773566248 (electronic book) |
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0773566244 (electronic book) |
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0773514422 |
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9780773514423 |
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