Author

Publication

1996 - State University of New York Press, Albany, NY, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

51,000 words, Guess

Page Count

204 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number96003771
  • Goodreads5005474
  • LibraryThing1968234

Classifications

  • DDC194
  • LCCB2421 .K38 1996

Description

French thinkers like Roland Barthes, Pierre Bourdieu, A. J. Greimas, Michel Foucault, and Claude Levi-Strauss created the "structuralist" and "poststructuralist" movements. They succeeded Sartrian existentialism and formed a new aristocracy of culture. French Intellectual Nobility is the first study to examine the conditions for the creation of these movements. Through case studies in cultural history, sociology, semiology, and literature, the book discusses the processes that enabled the French intellectual nobility to reinvent itself. By developing a historical and comparative approach, Kauppi analyzes the challenges that an intellectual generation faced, and he contributes to a context-sensitive analysis of culture and power.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • SUNY series in the sociology of culture

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