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State Nobility : Elite Schools in the Field of Power by Pierre Bourdieu (1998, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherStanford University Press

ISBN-100804733465

ISBN-139780804733465

eBay Product ID (ePID)603244

Product Key Features

Number of Pages504 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameState Nobility : Elite Schools in the Field of Power

Publication Year1998

SubjectSocial Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, World / European, Higher, Sociology / Social Theory

TypeTextbook

AuthorPierre Bourdieu

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Education

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight24.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingThe

ReviewsSince the 1960s, Pierre Bourdieu's terrific constancy has been there to hold us to the vision and division of criticism, detachment, reason, truth. . . . The State Nobility is an enormous addition to his vast architecture., Since the 1960s, Pierre Bourdieu's terrific constancy has been there to hold us to the vision and division of criticism, detachment, reason, truth. . . . The State Nobility is an enormous addition to his vast architecture."— Times Higher Education Supplement, "Since the 1960s, Pierre Bourdieu's terrific constancy has been there to hold us to the vision and division of criticism, detachment, reason, truth. . . . The State Nobility is an enormous addition to his vast architecture."— Times Higher Education Supplement, "Since the 1960s, Pierre Bourdieu's terrific constancy has been there to hold us to the vision and division of criticism, detachment, reason, truth. . . . The State Nobility is an enormous addition to his vast architecture."-- Times Higher Education Supplement, "Since the 1960s, Pierre Bourdieu's terrific constancy has been there to hold us to the vision and division of criticism, detachment, reason, truth. . . . The State Nobility is an enormous addition to his vast architecture."- Times Higher Education Supplement

Dewey Decimal305.5/2/0944

SynopsisIn this major new work, Pierre 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 govern us? And how do those who govern gain our recognition and acquiescence?Bourdieu examines in detail the work of consecration that is carried out by elite education systems--in France by the grande coles , in the United States by the Ivy League schools, and in England by Oxford and Cambridge. Today, this "state nobility" has at its disposal an unprecedented range of powers and distinctive titles to justify its privilege. Bourdieu shows how it is the heir--structural and sometimes 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 that went along with it.Combining ethnographic description, historical documentation, statistical analysis, and theoretical argument, Bourdieu develops a wide-ranging and highly original account of the forms of power and governance that have come to prevail in our society today., Examining in detail the work of consecration carried out by elite education systems, Bourdieu analyzes the distinctive forms of power--political, intellectual, bureaucratic, and economic--by means of which contemporary societies are governed., In this major new work, Pierre 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 govern us? And how do those who govern gain our recognition and acquiescence? Bourdieu examines in detail the work of consecration that is carried out by elite education systems--in France by the grande écoles , in the United States by the Ivy League schools, and in England by Oxford and Cambridge. Today, this "state nobility" has at its disposal an unprecedented range of powers and distinctive titles to justify its privilege. Bourdieu shows how it is the heir--structural and sometimes 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 that went along with it. Combining ethnographic description, historical documentation, statistical analysis, and theoretical argument, Bourdieu develops a wide-ranging and highly original account of the forms of power and governance that have come to prevail in our society today., Examining in detail the work of consecration carried out by elite education systems, Bourdieu analyzes the distinctive forms of power-political, intellectual, bureaucratic, and economic-by means of which contemporary societies are governed., In this major new work, Pierre 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 govern us? And how do those who govern gain our recognition and acquiescence? Bourdieu examines in detail the work of consecration that is carried out by elite education systems--in France by the grande coles , in the United States by the Ivy League schools, and in England by Oxford and Cambridge. Today, this "state nobility" has at its disposal an unprecedented range of powers and distinctive titles to justify its privilege. Bourdieu shows how it is the heir--structural and sometimes 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 that went along with it. Combining ethnographic description, historical documentation, statistical analysis, and theoretical argument, Bourdieu develops a wide-ranging and highly original account of the forms of power and governance that have come to prevail in our society today.