Title: French intellectual nobility
First published: 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: French Philosophy, French literature, Intellectual life, Philosophy, French, France, intellectual life, French literature, history and criticism, 20th century, Vie intellectuelle, Philosophie française, Littérature française, PHILOSOPHY, History & Surveys, Modern
Places: France
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: B2421 .K38 1996