The Intellectual Enterprise: Sartre And Les Temps Modernes
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Few figures in twentieth-century intellectual life commanded the cultural authority of Jean-Paul Sartre, and Anna Boschetti's The Intellectual Enterprise: Sartre and Les Temps Modernes presents a rigorous and revelatory account of how that authority was constructed, sustained, and wielded. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu's field theory, Boschetti maps the sociological and literary terrain of post-war Paris, chronicling how Sartre and his landmark journal, Les Temps Modernes, came to dominate the French intellectual field with unparalleled force. The result is a compelling portrait of genius operating not in a vacuum, but within a fiercely competitive arena of cultural capital, institutional prestige, and ideological positioning. Translated into English by Richard C. McCleary, this work stands as a landmark contribution to the sociology of literature and intellectual history, arguing that Sartre's supremacy was as much a product of strategic positioning as of philosophical brilliance. Boschetti writes with analytical precision and sociological depth, illuminating the mechanisms by which reputations are made, journals become institutions, and ideas gain the power to shape an era. For anyone seeking to understand not just Sartre, but the very nature of intellectual power itself, this book raises a provocative question: can any great thinker ever be truly separated from the world that made them great?
Author: Anna Boschetti
Format: Hardback
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Few figures in twentieth-century intellectual life commanded the cultural authority of Jean-Paul Sartre, and Anna Boschetti's The Intellectual Enterprise: Sartre and Les Temps Modernes presents a rigorous and revelatory account of how that authority was constructed, sustained, and wielded. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu's field theory, Boschetti maps the sociological and literary terrain of post-war Paris, chronicling how Sartre and his landmark journal, Les Temps Modernes, came to dominate the French intellectual field with unparalleled force. The result is a compelling portrait of genius operating not in a vacuum, but within a fiercely competitive arena of cultural capital, institutional prestige, and ideological positioning. Translated into English by Richard C. McCleary, this work stands as a landmark contribution to the sociology of literature and intellectual history, arguing that Sartre's supremacy was as much a product of strategic positioning as of philosophical brilliance. Boschetti writes with analytical precision and sociological depth, illuminating the mechanisms by which reputations are made, journals become institutions, and ideas gain the power to shape an era. For anyone seeking to understand not just Sartre, but the very nature of intellectual power itself, this book raises a provocative question: can any great thinker ever be truly separated from the world that made them great?