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The Rules of Art - (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics) by Pierre Bourdieu (Paperback)

The Rules of Art - (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics) by  Pierre Bourdieu (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Written with verve and intensity (and a good bit of wordplay), this long-awaited study of Flaubert and the modern literary field constitutes the definitive work on the sociology of art by one of the world's leading social theorists.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Written with verve and intensity (and a good bit of wordplay), this long-awaited study of Flaubert and the modern literary field constitutes the definitive work on the sociology of art by one of the world's leading social theorists.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"A major, pathbreaking work, The Rules of Art will stimulate theoretical debates for years to come."--Le Nouvel Observateur<br>"The Rules of Art is consistently interesting, sometimes enthrallingly so. It is written with a clarity not commonly encountered in French writers on art, and with an irascible authority to which Bourdieu's acuity and learning certainly entitle him."--Arthur C. Danto, Johnsonian Professor Emeritus, Columbia University<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>The Rules of Art</i> is consistently interesting, sometimes enthrallingly so. It is written with a clarity not commonly encountered in French writers on art, and with an irascible authority to which Bourdieu's acuity and learning certainly entitle him.--Arthur C. Danto, Johnsonian Professor Emeritus "Columbia University"<br><br>A major, pathbreaking work, <i>The Rules of Art</i> will stimulate theoretical debates for years to come.--<i>Le Nouvel Observateur</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Pierre Bourdieu is Professor of Sociology at the Collège de France. Stanford University Press has published eight other books by Bourdieu, most recently Free Exchange, with Hans Haacke (Stanford, 1995).

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