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French Intellectual Nobility

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The first study to examine the conditions that led to the production of theories like "structuralism" and "poststructuralism."

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.

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ISBN: 9780791431443
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Author: Niilo Kauppi
Publisher: SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 204 pages
Series: SUNY Series in the Sociology of Culture
Genres: Social and cultural anthropology

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