{"product_id":"the-state-nobility-elite-schools-in-the-field-of-power-paperback-softback-9780745620282","title":"The State Nobility; Elite Schools in the Field of Power (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745620282","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe State Nobility\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eElite Schools in the Field of Power\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePierre Bourdieu (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745620282, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 February 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e504 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.5 x 3.7 cm, 0.822 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"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.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This is a book ... which presents a stimulating argument.\" \u003ci\u003eSociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"If you wish to understand how France's \u003ci\u003egrandes écoles\u003c\/i\u003e have achieved such influence you need look no further than \u003ci\u003eThe State Nobility\u003c\/i\u003e ... characteristic combination of original concepts, innovative analysis and a huge array of empirical evidence ... strongly recommended.\" \u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Both \u003ci\u003eThe Rules of Art\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eState Nobility\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" \u003ci\u003eEuropean Journal of Social Theory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 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? \u003cp\u003eBourdieu examines in detail the work of consecration which is carried out by the educational system - and especially in France by the grandes \u003ci\u003eécoles\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 \u003ci\u003eancien régime.\u003c\/i\u003e Today this state nobility is the heir - structural and sometimes even genealogical - of the \u003ci\u003enoblesse de\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBourdieu 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword by Loïc J. D. Wacquant. \u003cp\u003eTranslator's Note.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue: Social Structures and Mental Structures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Academic Forms of Classification:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Dualistic Thinking and the Conciliation of Opposites.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Misrecognition and Symbolic Violence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Ordination:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Production of a Nobility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. A Rite of Institution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Ambiguities of Competence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Field of the Grandes Écoles and its Transformations:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. A State of the Structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. A Structural History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Field of Power and its Transformations:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Forms of Power and their Reproduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Establishment Schools and Power over the Economy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Transformations in the Structure of the Field of Power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: State Power and Power over the State:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52460661047576,"sku":"9780745620282","price":23.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745620282.jpg?v=1785457196","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-state-nobility-elite-schools-in-the-field-of-power-paperback-softback-9780745620282","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}