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Enlightenment and Erudition: Writing Cultural History at the Académie des inscriptions
Modern Intellectual History Pub Date : 2021-02-24 , DOI: 10.1017/s1479244321000068
Anton M. Matytsin

This article explores continuities between the antiquarian erudition of humanist historians and Enlightenment philosophical histories, showing that supposedly revolutionary developments in eighteenth-century historiography emerged from an older scholarly tradition. It focuses on the research of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Letters, a learned society in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France that went from serving as a propaganda tool for promoting King Louis XIV's absolutist regime to becoming the first modern historical research institute and a cradle of the Enlightenment. The article examines the emergence of what might be called “cultural history” or “the history of culture” (histoire des moeurs, as eighteenth-century authors called it). It analyzes how the academicians studied pagan beliefs and speculated about the functions of ancient myths and cults, thus transforming the views about the origin of religion and its role in society. The article also discusses how the academicians made sense of customs and daily practices and how they understood the causes of the progress and decline of civilizations.



中文翻译:

启蒙与博学:在铭文学院书写文化史

本文探讨人文主义历史学家的古学博学与启蒙哲学史之间的连续性,表明 18 世纪史学的所谓革命性发展源于较早的学术传统。它专注于皇家铭文和文学院的研究,这是一个 17 世纪和 18 世纪法国的学术团体,从作为宣传路易十四国王专制政权的宣传工具到成为第一个现代历史研究所和启蒙运动的摇篮。这篇文章探讨了所谓的“文化史”或“文化史”(histoire des moeurs,正如 18 世纪的作者所说的那样)。它分析了院士们如何研究异教信仰并推测古代神话和邪教的功能,从而改变了对宗教起源及其在社会中的作用的看法。文章还讨论了院士们如何理解风俗习惯和日常实践,以及他们如何理解文明进步和衰落的原因。

更新日期:2021-02-24
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