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Showing papers on "Field (Bourdieu) published in 1969"


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TL;DR: In this paper, it is argued that the relationship between a creative artist and his work is affected by the system of social relations within which creation as an act of communication takes place, or to be more precise, by the position of the creative artist in the structure of the intellectual field (which is itself, in part at any rate, a function of his past work and the reception it has met with).
Abstract: In order that the sociology of intellectual and artistic creation be assigned its proper object and at the same time its limits, the principle must be perceived and stated that the relationship between a creative artist and his work, and therefore his work itself is affected by the system of social relations within which creation as an act of communication takes place, or to be more precise, by the position of the creative artist in the structure of the intellectual field (which is itself, in part at any rate, a function of his past work and the reception it has met with). The intellectual field, which cannot be reduced to a simple aggregate of isolated agents or to the sum of elements merely juxtaposed, is, like a magnetic field, made up of a system of power lines. In other words, the constituting agents or systems of agents may be described as so many forces which by their existence, opposition or combination, determine its specific structure at a given moment in time. In return, each of these is defined by its particular position within this field from which it derives positional properties which cannot be assimilated to intrinsic properties and more especially, a specific type of participation in the cultural field taken as a system of relations between themes and problems, and thus a determined type of cultural unconscious, while at the same time it intrinsically possesses what could be called a functional weight, because its own &dquo;mass&dquo;, that is, its power (or better, its authority) in the field cannot be defined independently of its position within it. Obviously this approach can only be justified in so far as the object to which it is applied, that is the intellectual field (and thus the cultural field) possesses the relative autonomy which authorizes the methodological autonomization operated by the structural method when it treats the intellectual field as a system which is governed by its own laws. It is possible to see, from the history of Western intellectual and artistic life, how the intellectual field

390 citations



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TL;DR: In this paper, an anthropological exploration of the nature of Spanish historical interpretation as it is elaborated by national historians is presented, focusing on certain phases of intercultural contact critical in the formation of Spanish cultural forms.
Abstract: This essay can best be considered an anthropological venture in the field of recent and contemporary Spanish historiography. Our aim is twofold: an understanding of the nature of Spanish historical interpretation as it is elaborated by national historians; the examination of certain phases of intercultural contact critical in the formation of a distinct Spanish cultural form.

71 citations


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Sang M. Lee1
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a discussion of occupational sociology and report on the growth and development in the field of study, beginning in the 1930's, social psychologists began evaluating the way e...
Abstract: The article presents a discussion of occupational sociology and reports on the growth and development in the field of study. Beginning in the 1930's, social psychologists began evaluating the way e...

44 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
01 Oct 1969
TL;DR: For instance, the authors suggests that the main contexts and referents of Western ideologies have shifted from broad political issues and controversies to more highly differentiated and functionally specialized occupational collectivities.
Abstract: Any attempt to resurrect he historical concept of ideology for analyses of current social behavior has to confront he issue of whether or not we have, in fact, witnessed the "end of ideology" generally or merely witnessed a change in the contexts, referents, and arenas of ideological beliefs. This phrase, the "end of ideology," originally referred to the exhaustion of political ideas and the decline of intense commitment to political doctrine in the West during the 1950's (Bell, 1960). It remains a reasonably accurate phrase, however, if exclusively applied to political ideology in Western, particularly American, contexts. The resurgence of political commitment in the early 1960's, for example, on issues of civil rights and peace has not been accompanied by the development of formal political ideologies in the traditional sense.1 The decline of commitment to primarily political ideologies, however, does not mean the end of ideology generally or imply that the concept of ideology no longer possesses any heuristic value for sociological research. On the contrary, as Bendix (1964) notes: "We may be witnessing a change in the arena of ideological conflict, rather than an 'end of ideology,' even in the Western context [p. 295]." From another perspective, "we are witnessing the 'end of some ideologies' rather than the 'end of ideology' [p. 324]." This paper suggests that the main contexts and referents of Western ideologies have shifted from broad political issues and controversies to more highly differentiated and functionally specialized occupational collectivities.2 In addition to this historical shift of ideological arenas, there has been a concurrent shift in the dominant approach to the study of the social determinants of ideology. An earlier approach to the relationship of social class and political power to ideological beliefs, derived from the Marxist analyses, has given way to a contemporary emphasis on social-psychological dissonances and "strains" impinging on the incumbents of particular roles or positions as the immediate determinants of ideologies. Although this theoretical development has numerous ramifications, one is of particular relevance in this discussion. That is, the more recent social-psychological pproach enables far greater precision in locating the determinants of ideological beliefs and focuses research on more highly differentiated categories of ideology-bearing roups.3 Thus, * The present paper is part of a larger study of careers in the mental health field, supported by National Institute of Mental Health Grant No. MH09192 and directed by Professor William E. Henry of the Committee on Human Development of The University of Chicago. The author is greatly indebted to John H. Sims and S. Lee Spray of the Committee on Human Development for their patient and enlightened guidance and encouragement. 1 In fact, a striking characteristic of contemporary political movements in the United States is that they deliberately and explicitly eschew "rigid ideological formalism and doctrine." This appears to be a major reason why the renaissance of active political commitments and conflicts on the domestic scene has not generated or been translated into the kinds of traditional political ideologies which currently characterize much of the non-Western world. 2 It is important o emphasize that this does not challenge Geertz' (1964) contention that "very few ideologies of any social prominence lack political implications. [p. 75]." It merely implies, to paraphrase Geertz, that although all ideologies of any social prominence possess political implications, there are very few ideologies of any social prominence in the contemporary Western political arena. 3 Neither the overall objectives of this paper nor

16 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper some aspects of the relation between the state of the art and the way of teaching in the field of switching theory are described.
Abstract: In this paper some aspects of the relation between the state of the art and the way of teaching in the field of switching theory are described. Some critical comments and suggestions concerning the contemporary way of teaching switching theory are presented.

10 citations





Book
01 Jul 1969
TL;DR: The stephen j field craftsman of the law is available in our digital library and an online access to it is set as public so you can get it instantly as mentioned in this paper. But the authors do not discuss how to get the most less latency time to download any of their books.
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6 citations








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TL;DR: The field of ethnography as discussed by the authors is a special branch of knowledge that studies the similarities and differences in peoples' modes of life, and it is called NERODENIE.
Abstract: Our planet is populated by more than 2,000 peoples. Study of the similarities and differences in their modes of life constitutes a special branch of knowledge. In different countries it is given different names — ethnology, cultural anthropology, the study of peoples [narodovedenie], etc. Among us, as in some other European countries, this field is called ethnography.

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TL;DR: In a more informal manner from that of Brockman, the authors survey and explore the various experiences that they themselves, along with other female colleagues, have had as women in the field of law.
Abstract: In a more informal manner from that of Brockman, the authors survey and explore the various experiences that they themselves, along with other female colleagues, have had as women in the field of law. The article focuses on incidents of gender discrimination witnessed by the women who graduated from the University of Alberta law school in 1979. Thus, the survey acts as a local contribution to that growing body of literature which reveals the female experience in law and exposes the reality offender discrimination within the profession.