The Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field

Pierre Bourdieu

Published by Stanford University Press 1996

The Rules of Art

Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field

Pierre Bourdieu

In the series Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503615861

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Written with verve and intensity (and a good bit of wordplay), this is the long-awaited study of Flaubert and the modern literary field that constitutes the definitive work on the sociology of art by one of the world’s leading social theorists. Drawing upon the history of literature and art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, Bourdieu develops an original theory of art conceived as an autonomous value. He argues powerfully against those who refuse to acknowledge the interconnection between art and the structures of social relations within which it is produced and received. As Bourdieu shows, art’s new autonomy is one such structure, which complicates but does not eliminate the interconnection. The literary universe as we know it today took shape in the nineteenth century as a space set apart from the approved academies of the state. No one could any longer dictate what ought to be written or decree the canons of good taste. Recognition and consecration were produced in and through the struggle in which writers, critics, and publishers confronted one another.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Translator's Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xxi
PROLOGUE: Flaubert, Analyst of Flaubert: A Reading of Sentimental Education Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. Three States of the Field
1. The Conquest of Autonomy: The Critical Phase in the Emergence of the Field Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
2. The Emergence of a Dualist Structure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
3. The Market for Symbolic Goods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
PART II. Foundations of a Science of Works of Art
I. Questions of Method Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
2. The Author's Point of View: Some General Properties of Fields of Cultural Production Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
Appendix: Field Effect and Forms of Conservatism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
PART III. To Understand Understanding
1. The Historical Genesis of the Pure Aesthetic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
2. The Social Genesis of the Eye Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
3. A Theory of Reading in Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	322
DA CAPO. Illusion and the Illusio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
POSTSCRIPT. For a Corporatism of the Universal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	404

Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 432

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Published: January 21, 2022
ISBN: 9781503615861