French intellectual nobility
Subtitle: institutional and symbolic transformations in the post-Sartrian era
By: by Niilo Kauppi.
Series: SUNY series in the sociology of culture
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Philosophy, French -- 20th century; French literature -- 20th century; France -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-194) and index.