Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques

Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques =
Academy of Ethics and Political Science

Founding of the Society

Year Authority / Notes

1795 This date is supported by its website.
According to Institut de France (1995), p.339, under the Ancien Régime, no academy authorized by the state was devoted to the moral and political sciences. There were, however, various private societies that considered these topics; and the provincial academies, under less surveillance than the national ones, occasionally did so as well.
On 1793, August 8, the revolutionary Convention Nationale decreed the abolition of "toutes les académies et sociétés littéraires patentées ou dotées par la Nation" [all academies and learned societies licensed or endowed by the Nation] (Institut de France (1995), p.299).
According to Institut de France (1995), pp.18-19, the royal academies were suppressed by the Convention on 1793, August 8, because they were, in the words of Grégoire, "gangrenées d'une incurable aristocratie."
On the same date that the royal academies were suppressed, the comité d'instruction publique de la Convention was charged with preparing as soon as possible an organizational plan for a société destinée à l'avancement des science et des arts.
On 1795, October 25, the Convention adopted a report of Danou on the formation of such an organization, no longer referred to as a société but as an institut national, and intended to cast into the shade the splendour of all the former royal academies (Institut de France (1995), p.19). This organization was called the Institut National des Sciences et Arts (Institut de France (1995), p.20).
According to p.20 of Institut de France (1995), the Institut originally had three Classes, of which the second, the Deuxième Classe, was entitled the Classe des Sciences Morales et Politiques, and covered the analysis of sensations and thoughts, ethics, social science and legislation, political economy, history and geography.
According to p.29 of Institut de France (1995), Bonaparte decided, on the advice of a commission, to resurrect the former academies, but within the bosom of the Institut; so, on 1803, January 23, the Institut was re-organized into four classes corresponding to the academies suppressed by the Revolution.
Co-incidentally, this re-organization effectively suppressed the Classe des Sciences Morales et Politiques. According to Institut de France (1995), pp.349-350, it is not certain why Bonaparte decided to do this, although it is noted that several members of that Classe had opposed his ambitions.
After the Restoration of the Monarchy, Louis XVIII, on 1816, March 21, re-organized the Institut, but did not restore the former Classe des Sciences Morales et Politiques; the reason is advanced that, in the re-organization, the King deliberately excluded people who had played an important part in the Revolution, and this entire Classe owed its very existence to the republicans (Institut de France (1995), p.350).
It was not until 1832, October 26, that King Louis-Phillipe passed an order prepared by François Guizot and Pierre-Louis Roederer that re-established the Classe as the Académie Royale des Sciences Morales et Politiques (Institut de France (1995), p.352).

Seat of the Society

City Authority / Notes

Paris
France This location is supported by its website.

Name of the Society

Dates Name Authority

1795 - 1803 Classe des Sciences Morales et Politiques de l'Institut National des Sciences et Arts Its website and its publications.

1832 - 1847? Académie Royale des Sciences Morales et Politiques Institut de France (1995), p.352 gives the start date; its publications establish this name to 1847.

1850? - 1855? Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques de l'Institut de France Its publications.

1855? - 1870? Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques de l'Institut Impérial de France Its publications and Governing Regimes of France.

1872 - Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques de l'Institut de France Its publications.

Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques = Academy of Ethics and Political Science Website = http://www.asmp.fr/

Journals of the Society

Years Full Journal Title Abbrev. Indexed
an IV - an XII = 1795/1796 - 1803/1804
(t.I - t.V)

A Mémoires de l'Institut National des Sciences et Arts... Sciences Morales et Politiques
[Bibliot. Nat. France cat.] Mem. de l'Instit. Nat. de Paris. Sc. Mor. et Polit.
[Reuss, v.8, p.331 cites T.1.]
Mem. de l'Instit. Nat. des Sc. et Arts. Sc. Mor. et Polit.
[Reuss, v.9, p.54 cites T. 2.]
Mem. de l'Institut Nat. de Paris. Sc. Mor. et Polit.
[Reuss, v.8, p.117 cites T. I.]
Mem. de l'Institut Nat. ... Sc. Mor. et Polit.
[Reuss, v.7, p.20 cites T.5.]
Mém. l'Inst. Par. Sc. mor.
[Pogg., v.1, col.89 cites T.I.]
Mém. l'Inst. scienc. mor. et pol.
[Pogg., v.1, col.121 cites T. IV.]
Mém. l'Inst. sect. polit. et moral.
[Pogg., v.1, col.254 cites an article by Louis Antoin Bougainville (1729-1811) in T. III.] Reuss

2e trim. an IX - 1er trim. an XI = 1800 - 1802

B Notice des Travaux de la Classe des Sciences Morales et Politiques
Previously contained in A. Continued in C.
[Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]

1834 [pub. 1837] - 1847
(2e sér. t.1 - t.2; t.3 - t.5)

C Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences Morales et Politiques de l'Institut de France
A Univ. Calif. cat. record indicates that Vol. 1-2 was called Deuxième série.
Another Univ. Calif. cat. record indicates that t.1 of 2. sér. was for 1834, but was published in 1837.
Continues elements of A and B. Continued by G
[GBV German Union cat.; Univ. Calif. cat.]

1836 -

D Séance Publique Annuelle de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques
From 1840, this also appeared in E.
[Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]

1840 - 1841;
1842 - 1846
(1. - 10.);
1847 - 1851
(2.Sér. 1=11. - 10=20.);
1852 - 1859
(3.Sér. 1=21. - 30=50.);
1860 - 1864
(4.Sér 1=51=Année 19. - 20=70=Année 23.);
1865 - 1873
(5.Sér. 1=71=Année 24. - 30=100=Année 32.);
1874 - 1919
(N.S. 1=101=Année 33. - 92=192=Année 79.);
1920 - 1935
(Année 80. - 95.)

E Séances et Travaux de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. Comptes-rendus... = Séances et Travaux de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques / Compte-rendu
The record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. gives the appended title as Comptes-rendus.... The record in the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB) gives the appended title as Compte-rendu.
The detailed numeration statement is from the record in the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB).
The record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat., gives the numeration statement as 1840/41, 1842-1919 (t.I - t.CXCII); 1920 - 1935 (LXXX - XCV).
According to the record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat., the 1840/1841 was published in 1893. According to the record in the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB), the 1840 - 1841 volume also appeared in France: Le Moniteur Universel.
Continued by H.
[Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB); Bibliot. Nat. France cat.] Acad. d. Sci. Mor. et Polit. Séances et travaux
[Quart. J. Econ., Vol. 18, No. 3 (May, 1904), p.449 cites n.s., vol. 60, circa 1904.]
Acad. des Sciences Mor. et Pol., Comptes Rendus
[Trans. Proc. Am. Philol. Assoc., Vol. 40 (1909), p.xviii cites 1880.]
Acad. Sci. Moral. Polit., Compe-rendu
[Trans. Instit. Brit. Geog., New Series, Vol. 9, No. 3 (1984), p.334 cites N.S. 66 (1906).]
C. R. Acad. des sc. mor. et politiques
[Isis, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Sep., 1928), p.233 cites 1926.]
C. R. académie des sc. mor. et politiques
[Isis, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr., 1931), p.487 cites 1930.]
C. R. des séances et trav. de l'Acad. des sc. mor et polit.
[Isis, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jul., 1926), p.551 cites 1924.]
Compt. rend. Acad. d. sc. morales et polit.
[American Anthropologist, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jul., 1895), p.299 cites 1895.]
C.R. Acad. des Sciences Morales
[Am. Econ. Rev., Vol. 2, No. 3 (Sep., 1912), p.738 cites 1911.]
Séanc et trav de l'acad des sci moral et pol
[Am. J. Semitic Lang. Lit., Vol. 18, No. 3 (Apr., 1902), p.69 cites 1901.]

1841 - 1847
(t.I - t.II)

F Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences Morales et Politiques de l'Institut de France. Savants Étrangers
[Bibliot. Nat. France cat.; GBV German Union cat.] Mém. de l'Acad. Royale des Sc. Moral. et Polit. de l'Inst. de France, T. III: Savants Étrangeres
[PMLA, Vol. 40, No. 2 (Jun., 1925), p.252 cites T. III, 1847.]

1850 - 1916
(t.6 - t.28)

G Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques de l'Institut de France.
Univ. Calif. cat. indicates that for t. 10-12 the title was Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques de l'Institut Impérial de France .
One record in the Univ. Calif. cat. indicates that t.9 is 1855. One record in the Univ. Calif. cat. indicates that t.13 is 1872. Since the 2nd Empire ran from 1852 to 1870, this means that the imperial designation was applied to the Institut for some period between 1855 and 1870.
Continues C.
No more published?
[Univ. Calif. cat.]

1936 - 1981

H Revue des Travaux de l'Académie des Sciences Morales & Politiques et Comptes Rendus de ses Séances
Continues E. Continued by I.
[Bibliot. Nat. France cat.] R. trav. Acad. Sci. morales pol.
[Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 77, No. 3 (Jun., 1972), p.906 cites 1969.]

1982 -

I Revue des Sciences Morales et Politiques
Continues H.
[Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]

Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques = Academy of Ethics and Political Science
Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1795	This date is supported by its website. According to Institut de France (1995), p.339, under the Ancien Régime, no academy authorized by the state was devoted to the moral and political sciences. There were, however, various private societies that considered these topics; and the provincial academies, under less surveillance than the national ones, occasionally did so as well. On 1793, August 8, the revolutionary Convention Nationale decreed the abolition of "toutes les académies et sociétés littéraires patentées ou dotées par la Nation" [all academies and learned societies licensed or endowed by the Nation] (Institut de France (1995), p.299). According to Institut de France (1995), pp.18-19, the royal academies were suppressed by the Convention on 1793, August 8, because they were, in the words of Grégoire, "gangrenées d'une incurable aristocratie." On the same date that the royal academies were suppressed, the comité d'instruction publique de la Convention was charged with preparing as soon as possible an organizational plan for a société destinée à l'avancement des science et des arts. On 1795, October 25, the Convention adopted a report of Danou on the formation of such an organization, no longer referred to as a société but as an institut national, and intended to cast into the shade the splendour of all the former royal academies (Institut de France (1995), p.19). This organization was called the *Institut National des Sciences et Arts* (Institut de France (1995), p.20). According to p.20 of Institut de France (1995), the Institut originally had three Classes, of which the second, the Deuxième Classe, was entitled the *Classe des Sciences Morales et Politiques, and covered the analysis of sensations and thoughts, ethics, social science and legislation, political economy, history and geography. According to p.29 of Institut de France (1995), Bonaparte decided, on the advice of a commission, to resurrect the former academies, but within the bosom of the Institut; so, on 1803, January 23, the Institut was re-organized into four classes corresponding to the academies suppressed by the Revolution. Co-incidentally, this re-organization effectively suppressed the Classe des Sciences Morales et Politiques. According to Institut de France (1995), pp.349-350, it is not certain why Bonaparte decided to do this, although it is noted that several members of that Classe had opposed his ambitions. After the Restoration of the Monarchy, Louis XVIII, on 1816, March 21, re-organized the Institut, but did not restore the former Classe des Sciences Morales et Politiques; the reason is advanced that, in the re-organization, the King deliberately excluded people who had played an important part in the Revolution, and this entire Classe owed its very existence to the republicans (Institut de France (1995), p.350). It was not until 1832, October 26, that King Louis-Phillipe passed an order prepared by François Guizot and Pierre-Louis Roederer that re-established the Classe as the Académie Royale des Sciences Morales et Politiques* (Institut de France (1995), p.352).
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Paris France	This location is supported by its website.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1795 - 1803	*Classe des Sciences Morales et Politiques de l'Institut National des Sciences et Arts*	Its website and its publications.
1832 - 1847?	*Académie Royale des Sciences Morales et Politiques*	Institut de France (1995), p.352 gives the start date; its publications establish this name to 1847.
1850? - 1855?	*Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques de l'Institut de France*	Its publications.
1855? - 1870?	*Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques de l'Institut Impérial de France*	Its publications and Governing Regimes of France.
1872 -	*Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques de l'Institut de France*	Its publications.
*Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques = Academy of Ethics and Political Science* Website = http://www.asmp.fr/

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.	Indexed
an IV - an XII = 1795/1796 - 1803/1804 (t.I - t.V) A	*Mémoires de l'Institut National des Sciences et Arts... Sciences Morales et Politiques* [Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]	*Mem. de l'Instit. Nat. de Paris. Sc. Mor. et Polit.* [Reuss, v.8, p.331 cites T.1.] *Mem. de l'Instit. Nat. des Sc. et Arts. Sc. Mor. et Polit.* [Reuss, v.9, p.54 cites T. 2.] *Mem. de l'Institut Nat. de Paris. Sc. Mor. et Polit.* [Reuss, v.8, p.117 cites T. I.] *Mem. de l'Institut Nat. ... Sc. Mor. et Polit.* [Reuss, v.7, p.20 cites T.5.] *Mém. l'Inst. Par. Sc. mor.* [Pogg., v.1, col.89 cites T.I.] *Mém. l'Inst. scienc. mor. et pol.* [Pogg., v.1, col.121 cites T. IV.] *Mém. l'Inst. sect. polit. et moral.* [Pogg., v.1, col.254 cites an article by Louis Antoin Bougainville (1729-1811) in T. III.]	*Reuss*
2e trim. an IX - 1er trim. an XI = 1800 - 1802 B	*Notice des Travaux de la Classe des Sciences Morales et Politiques* Previously contained in A. Continued in C. [Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]
1834 [pub. 1837] - 1847 (2e sér. t.1 - t.2; t.3 - t.5) C	*Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences Morales et Politiques de l'Institut de France* A Univ. Calif. cat. record indicates that Vol. 1-2 was called Deuxième série. Another Univ. Calif. cat. record indicates that t.1 of 2. sér. was for 1834, but was published in 1837. Continues elements of A and B. Continued by G [GBV German Union cat.; Univ. Calif. cat.]
1836 - D	*Séance Publique Annuelle de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques* From 1840, this also appeared in E. [Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]
1840 - 1841; 1842 - 1846 (1. - 10.); 1847 - 1851 (2.Sér. 1=11. - 10=20.); 1852 - 1859 (3.Sér. 1=21. - 30=50.); 1860 - 1864 (4.Sér 1=51=Année 19. - 20=70=Année 23.); 1865 - 1873 (5.Sér. 1=71=Année 24. - 30=100=Année 32.); 1874 - 1919 (N.S. 1=101=Année 33. - 92=192=Année 79.); 1920 - 1935 (Année 80. - 95.) E	*Séances et Travaux de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. Comptes-rendus...* = *Séances et Travaux de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques / Compte-rendu* The record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. gives the appended title as *Comptes-rendus.... The record in the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB) gives the appended title as Compte-rendu. The detailed numeration statement is from the record in the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB). The record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat., gives the numeration statement as 1840/41, 1842-1919 (t.I - t.CXCII); 1920 - 1935 (LXXX - XCV). According to the record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat., the 1840/1841 was published in 1893. According to the record in the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB), the 1840 - 1841 volume also appeared in France: Le Moniteur Universel*. Continued by H. [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB); Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]	*Acad. d. Sci. Mor. et Polit. Séances et travaux* [Quart. J. Econ., Vol. 18, No. 3 (May, 1904), p.449 cites n.s., vol. 60, circa 1904.] *Acad. des Sciences Mor. et Pol., Comptes Rendus* [Trans. Proc. Am. Philol. Assoc., Vol. 40 (1909), p.xviii cites 1880.] *Acad. Sci. Moral. Polit., Compe-rendu* [Trans. Instit. Brit. Geog., New Series, Vol. 9, No. 3 (1984), p.334 cites N.S. 66 (1906).] *C. R. Acad. des sc. mor. et politiques* [Isis, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Sep., 1928), p.233 cites 1926.] *C. R. académie des sc. mor. et politiques* [Isis, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr., 1931), p.487 cites 1930.] *C. R. des séances et trav. de l'Acad. des sc. mor et polit.* [Isis, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jul., 1926), p.551 cites 1924.] *Compt. rend. Acad. d. sc. morales et polit.* [American Anthropologist, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jul., 1895), p.299 cites 1895.] *C.R. Acad. des Sciences Morales* [Am. Econ. Rev., Vol. 2, No. 3 (Sep., 1912), p.738 cites 1911.] *Séanc et trav de l'acad des sci moral et pol* [Am. J. Semitic Lang. Lit., Vol. 18, No. 3 (Apr., 1902), p.69 cites 1901.]
1841 - 1847 (t.I - t.II) F	*Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences Morales et Politiques de l'Institut de France. Savants Étrangers* [Bibliot. Nat. France cat.; GBV German Union cat.]	*Mém. de l'Acad. Royale des Sc. Moral. et Polit. de l'Inst. de France, T. III: Savants Étrangeres* [PMLA, Vol. 40, No. 2 (Jun., 1925), p.252 cites T. III, 1847.]
1850 - 1916 (t.6 - t.28) G	*Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques de l'Institut de France.* Univ. Calif. cat. indicates that for t. 10-12 the title was *Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques de l'Institut Impérial de France* . One record in the Univ. Calif. cat. indicates that t.9 is 1855. One record in the Univ. Calif. cat. indicates that t.13 is 1872. Since the 2nd Empire ran from 1852 to 1870, this means that the imperial designation was applied to the Institut for some period between 1855 and 1870. Continues C. No more published? [Univ. Calif. cat.]
1936 - 1981 H	*Revue des Travaux de l'Académie des Sciences Morales & Politiques et Comptes Rendus de ses Séances* Continues E. Continued by I. [Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]	*R. trav. Acad. Sci. morales pol.* [Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 77, No. 3 (Jun., 1972), p.906 cites 1969.]
1982 - I	*Revue des Sciences Morales et Politiques* Continues H. [Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]