Rules of Art
Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field
1. Edition May 1996
432 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-7456-1778-7
John Wiley & Sons
This is Bourdieu's long-awaited study of Flaubert and the formation of the modern literary field, it is an important contribution to the study of the social and historical conditions of literary works.
Prologue: Flaubert, Analyst of Flaubert: A Reading of Sentimental
Education.
Part I: Three States of the Field.
1. The Conquest of Autonomy: The Critical Phase in the Emergence
of the Field.
2. The Emergence of a Dualist Structure.
3. The Market for Symbolic Goods.
Part II: Foundations of a Science of Works of Art.
4. Questions of Method.
5. The Author's Point of View: Some General Properties of Fields
of Cultural Production.
Part III: To Understand Understanding. .
6. The Historical Genesis of the Pure Aesthetic.
7. The Social Genesis of the Eye.
8. A Theory of Reading in Practice.
Da Capo Illusion and the Illusio. .
Postscript For a Corporatism of the Universal.
Notes.
Index of Names.
Subject Index.
Education.
Part I: Three States of the Field.
1. The Conquest of Autonomy: The Critical Phase in the Emergence
of the Field.
2. The Emergence of a Dualist Structure.
3. The Market for Symbolic Goods.
Part II: Foundations of a Science of Works of Art.
4. Questions of Method.
5. The Author's Point of View: Some General Properties of Fields
of Cultural Production.
Part III: To Understand Understanding. .
6. The Historical Genesis of the Pure Aesthetic.
7. The Social Genesis of the Eye.
8. A Theory of Reading in Practice.
Da Capo Illusion and the Illusio. .
Postscript For a Corporatism of the Universal.
Notes.
Index of Names.
Subject Index.
"A major, path-breaking work, The Rules of Art will
stimulate theoretical debates for years to come." Le Nouvel
Observateur
"Since the 1960s Pierre Bourdieu's terrific constancy has been
there to hold us to the vision and divisions of criticism,
detachment, reason, truth ... [An] enormous addition to his vast
architecture." Times Higher Education Supplement
"This is by far Bourdieu's best book to date." Acta
Sociologica
"Both The Rules of Art and The 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
stimulate theoretical debates for years to come." Le Nouvel
Observateur
"Since the 1960s Pierre Bourdieu's terrific constancy has been
there to hold us to the vision and divisions of criticism,
detachment, reason, truth ... [An] enormous addition to his vast
architecture." Times Higher Education Supplement
"This is by far Bourdieu's best book to date." Acta
Sociologica
"Both The Rules of Art and The 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
Pierre Bourdieu was Professor of Sociology at the Collège de France.
