TY - BOOK AU - Caradonna,Jeremy L. TI - The Enlightenment in Practice: Academic Prize Contests and Intellectual Culture in France, 1670-1794 SN - 9780801463907 AV - DC33.4 U1 - 944/.03 PY - 2012/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Literature -- Competitions -- France -- History -- 17th century KW - Literature -- Competitions -- France -- History -- 18th century KW - Literary prizes -- France -- History -- 17th century KW - Literary prizes -- France -- History -- 18th century KW - Enlightenment -- France KW - France -- Intellectual life -- 17th century KW - France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Abbreviations and Translation -- Map of France -- Introduction -- 1. The Rebirth of the Concours Académique: Cultural Politics and the Domestication of letters in the age of Louis Xiv -- 2. À la Recherche du Concours Académique -- 3. The Participatory Enlightenment -- 4. Dijon Revisited: Rousseau's First Discourse from the Perspective of the Concours Académique -- 5. The Concours Académique, Political Culture, and the Critical Public Sphere -- 6. The Practical Enlightenment: The Concours Académique, the State, and the Pursuit of Expertise -- 7. Prize Contests in the Revolutionary Crucible: Decline and Regeneration -- Conclusion: The Enlightenment in Question -- Appendixes -- A. Academies and Societies in France That Held Public Prize Contests from the Fourteenth Century to 1794 227 -- B. Female Laureates of the Concours Académique, 1671-1790 -- C. Contests founded by the Abbé Raynal -- D. Contests on Poverty, Begging, and Poor Relief -- E. Contests Related to Urban Drinking Water -- F. List of Prize Contests Offered by Academies, Scholarly Societies, and Agricultural Societies in Continental France from 1670 to 1794 (available at http://www.jeremycaradonna.com) -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index N2 - Jeremy L. Caradonna draws on archives both in Paris and the provinces of France to show that thousands of individuals participated in intellectual competitions during the Enlightenment UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3138303 ER -