Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Abbreviations and Translation xi
5. Map of France xii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. The Rebirth of the Concours Académique: Cultural Politics and the Domestication of Letters in the Age of Louis XIV 14
8. 2. À la Recherche du Concours Académique 40
9. 3. The Participatory Enlightenment 88
10. 4. Dijon Revisited: Rousseau’s First Discourse from the Perspective of the Concours Académique 118
11. 5. The Concours Académique, Political Culture, and the Critical Public Sphere 143
12. 6. The Practical Enlightenment: The Concours Académique, the State, and the Pursuit of Expertise 180
13. 7. Prize Contests in the Revolutionary Crucible: Decline and Regeneration 202
14. Conclusion: The Enlightenment in Question 220
15. Appendixes
16. A. Academies and Societies in France That Held Public Prize Contests from the Fourteenth Century to 1794 227
17. B. Female Laureates of the Concours Académique, 1671–1790 229
18. C. Contests founded by the Abbé Raynal 233
19. D. Contests on Poverty, Begging, and Poor Relief 237
20. E. Contests Related to Urban Drinking Water 239
21. 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) 240
22. Notes 241
23. Works Cited 297
24. Index 325