French Intellectual Nobility: Institutional and Symbolic Transformations in the Post-Sartrian Era

By Niilo Kauppi

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791431444
• ISBN13: 9780791431443
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher