The Writing Public : Participatory Knowledge Production in Enlightenment and Revolutionary France

The Writing Public Participatory Knowledge Production in Enlightenment and Revolutionary France

"In the letters to the editor published in French newspapers from 1770 to 1791, thousands of writers received and responded to prevailing ideas of their day. This book situates overlooked voices at the center of the Enlightenment, shedding light on the social and material contexts in which know...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Bond, Elizabeth Andrews, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca (New York) Cornell University Press 2021
Ithaca, [New York] : 2021.
Materias:
Social conditions.
Mass media and public opinion.
Letters to the editor.
Intellectual life.
Mass media and public opinion > France > History > 18th century.
Letters to the editor > France > History > 18th century.
France.
France > Social conditions > 18th century.
France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Writing
Enlightenment
France
History.
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421984806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The production and distribution of the information press
  • The writers, self-presentation, and subjectivity
  • Reading together, book references and reading practices
  • Popular science and public participation
  • Agricultural reform and local innovation
  • Bienfaisance, fellow-feeling, and the public good
  • Communicating the revolution.

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