If I may offer the advocatio diabolica: a conference on racism does not
mean that you are a racist. [even though I enjoyed the Rush Limbaugh
reference, as I always enjoy Mason's sarcastic wit].   If my memory serves
me right, Darrin McMahon reports in the preface of his book Enemies of
the Enlightenment: The French Counter-Enlightenment and the Making of
Modernity (2002), that during his research, a librarian of the BNF
disgusted with the type of material he was asked to fetch, gave him a stern
look and asked: "Monsieur! etes vous royaliste?".

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 2:32 AM, mason gaffney <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Nom de Dieu!  This is as unbalanced as a Rush Limbaugh monologue. How about
> giving equal time to supporters of Physiocracy?
>
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> From: Societies for the History of Economics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Arnaud Orain
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> Subject: [SHOE] "Antiphysiocracy" Conference 2013 - Call for papers
>
> "Antiphysiocracy"
> Critiques and opposition to the physiocratic movement, from the end of
> the 1750s to the mid-19th Century
>
> International Conference
> Lyon (France) - 12-13 April 2013
>
> Organised by:
>
> TRIANGLE, UMR CNRS 5206, ENS-LSH, IEP de Lyon, Université Lyon 2
> IDHE, UMR CNRS 8533, Université Paris 8
> LED, EA 3391, Université Paris 8
>
> Call for papers (Deadline: September 30, 2012)
>
> Although the theories of Quesnay, his disciples and the 'dissident'
> physiocrats have been the focus of many studies, and while the
> diffusion on an international scale of physiocratic ideas and their
> successors during the French Revolution and in the first decades of
> the 19th Century have given rise to conferences and publications, the
> same cannot be said for the opposition to physiocracy.
> The theme of this conference is a subject that has remained untouched
> for some time, and is now becoming a topic of interest again. In fact,
> a seminar is scheduled to take place in Norway in September 2012, on
> physiocracy and the opposition that it encountered in Europe until the
> end of the 18th Century. Continuing and complementing this first
> event, the international conference in Lyon aims to cover the widest
> possible range of aspects of antiphysiocracy and opposition to
> physiocratic principles and practices. We intend to take a long-term
> perspective, from the foundation of the school to the critiques made
> of the physiocrats by economists, theoreticians and pamphleteers in
> the first half of the 19th Century. We also wish to be as
> comprehensive as possible, not restricting ourselves to economics and
> history in themselves, but instead by opening the field of study to
> all antiphysiocratic ideas, trends and reactions, no matter what form
> they take. As a rough guide, we could mention:
>
> -       The work of theoreticians who were opposed to Quesnay's school of
> thought from an analytic point of view: Forbonnais, Galiani, Graslin
> or Montaudouin de la Touche, of course, but also Accarias de Sérionne,
> Béardé de l'Abbaye, Costé de Saint-Supplix, Pesselier, Pfeiffer, or
> Tiffaut de la Noüe for instance,
> -       The work of the classical Republicans and the 'political' opponents
>
> of physiocracy (Mably, Rousseau, Linguet, Necker...),
> -       The criticisms that have surfaced in literature, poetry, stories
> and
>
> theatre (Voltaire, L.-S. Mercier...),
> -       The itineraries of figures that started out very close to
> physiocracy and ended up very critical of it, such as Diderot,
> -       Reactions of the cours souveraines and the enlightened elite, but
> also the reactions of the people to the physiocrats' political stance,
> and even to their ideas (songs, ballads, satires...)
> -       Critiques of physiocracy and its post-revolutionary successors by
> 19th Century theoreticians (particularly the first socialists and
> French 'liberal' economists)
> -       Worldwide critiques of physiocratic experiments and theory
>
> This conference aims, then, to encompass much more than merely
> historians and historians of economic thought, and invites researchers
> interested in political, literary and cultural history from the 1750s
> to mid-19th century to submit proposals on this unifying theme of
> opposition to physiocracy, in all its dimensions.
> Participants are invited to submit proposals of no more than 800
> words, in French or English (participants may choose to speak in
> either language) before the 30th September 2012, to the following
> address: [log in to unmask]
>
> Invited speaker: Steven L. Kaplan, Cornell University
>
> Organizing Committee
> Gérard Klotz, University Lyon 2
> Philippe Minard, University Paris 8 and EHESS
> Arnaud Orain, University Paris 8
> Jean-Pierre Potier, University Lyon 2
> Claire Silvant, University Lyon 2
>
> Scientific Committee
> Manuela Albertone, University of Turin (Italy)
> Antonella Alimento, University of Pisa (Italy)
> Loïc Charles, University of Reims (France)
> Alain Clément, University of Tours (France)
> Gilbert Faccarello, University Paris 2 (France)
> Pierre-Henri Goutte, University Lyon 2 (France)
> Steven L. Kaplan, Cornell University (United States)
> Gérard Klotz, University Lyon 2 (France)
> Florence Magnot, University Montpellier 3 (France)
> Philippe Minard, University Paris 8 (France)
> Antoin Murphy, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)
> Arnaud Orain, University Paris 8 (France)
> Martial Poirson, University Grenoble 3 (France)
> Jean-Pierre Potier, University Lyon 2 (France)
> Nicolas Rieucau, University Paris 8 (France)
> Michael Sonenscher, King's College Cambridge (Great-Britain)
> Philippe Steiner, University Paris 4 (France)
> Christine Théré, INED (France)
> André Tiran, University Lyon 2 (France)
>
>
>
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