Reading Bourdieu
doc. José Luis Bellón Aguilera, PhD.
Reading Bourdieu
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Term
Spring 2025

Area: Sociology of Literature, Theory of Fields

Work for discussion: P. Bourdieu, The Rules of Art (1996, fr. 1992)

Number of sessions: 5 of 90’ [Time available: 10x45 min.]

Purpose of this course: To familiarize students with the cited work and Bourdieu's work in general. To guide a careful, critical and detached reading of The Rules of Art, applying it to specific examples from their doctoral theses. To establish the limits of field theory (autonomy and heteronomy).

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Presentation. Organization. Introduction

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Teacher recommends to study now - from 21/2/2025 to 28/2/2025.

Part I, “Three States of the Field”

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Teacher recommends to study from 28/2/2025 to 21/3/2025.

Part II, “Foundations of a Science of Works of Art”

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Teacher recommends to study from 21/3/2025 to 25/4/2025.

Part III, “To Understand Understanding” DA CAPO Illusio POSTSCRIPT

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Teacher recommends to study from 25/4/2025 to 16/5/2025.
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