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The State Nobility Pierre Bourdieu (College de France)

The State Nobility By Pierre Bourdieu (College de France)

The State Nobility by Pierre Bourdieu (College de France)


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In this major work, Bourdieu examines the distinctive forms of power -- political, intellectual, bureaucratic and economic -- by means of which contemporary societies are governed.

The State Nobility Summary

The State Nobility: Elite Schools in the Field of Power by Pierre Bourdieu (College de France)

In this major work, Bourdieu examines the distinctive forms of power - political, intellectual, bureaucratic and economic - by means of which contemporary societies are governed. What kinds of competence are claimed by the bureaucrats and technocrats who administer our societies? And how do those who govern come to gain the recognition of those who are governed by them?

Bourdieu examines in detail the work of consecration which is carried out by the educational system - and especially in France by the grandes ecoles. The work of consecration can be seen in operation in different historical periods, whenever a nobility is produced. Today the socially recognized groups function according to a logic similar to that which characterized the divisions between high and low in the ancien regime. Today this state nobility is the heir - structural and sometimes even genealogical - of the noblesse de robe which, in order to consolidate its position in relation to other forms of power, had to construct the modern state and the republican myths, meritocracy and civil service which went along with it.

Bourdieu examines the mechanisms which produce the kind of nobility displayed by those who govern, and the recognition granted to them by those who are governed by them.

The State Nobility Reviews

Since the 1960s Pierre Bourdieu's terrific constancy has been there to hold us to the vision and divisions of criticism, detachment, reason, truth ... [This book is an] enormous addition to his vast architecture. Times Higher Education Supplement

This is a book ... which presents a stimulating argument. Sociology

If you wish to understand how France's grandes ecoles have achieved such influence you need look no further than The State Nobility ... characteristic combination of original concepts, innovative analysis and a huge array of empirical evidence ... strongly recommended. British Journal of Sociology

Both The Rules of Art and State Nobility are dazzling examples of the way in which Bourdieu imposes order on an overwhelming wealth of empirical material ... these books represent important developments in Bourdieu's thought and confirm his status as one of today's most stimulating and bold sociological thinkers. European Journal of Social Theory

About Pierre Bourdieu (College de France)

Pierre Bourdieu was Professor of Sociology at the College de France.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Loic J. D. Wacquant.

Translator's Note.

Prologue: Social Structures and Mental Structures.

Part I: Academic Forms of Classification:.

1. Dualistic Thinking and the Conciliation of Opposites.

2. Misrecognition and Symbolic Violence.

Part II: The Ordination:.

1. The Production of a Nobility.

2. A Rite of Institution.

3. The Ambiguities of Competence.

Part III: The Field of the Grandes Ecoles and its Transformations:.

1. A State of the Structure.

2. A Structural History.

Part IV: The Field of Power and its Transformations:.

1. Forms of Power and their Reproduction.

2. Establishment Schools and Power over the Economy.

3 Transformations in the Structure of the Field of Power.

Part V: State Power and Power over the State:.

Notes.

Index.

Additional information

NLS9780745620282
9780745620282
0745620280
The State Nobility: Elite Schools in the Field of Power by Pierre Bourdieu (College de France)
New
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
1998-02-15
504
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