Hi,
George Free wrote:
> >> Population explosion -- the sudden flood of "new entrants" into a
> cultural
> >> field is major explanation of why cultural fields change, according to
> >> sociologists of art like Pierre Bourdieu (who's work I greatly admire).
> >
> >And why is french art today so boring ? The pill ???
> >
>
> huhhn?
>
> >No, I dont believe such cheap theories.
The "baby boom" is to simple as an explanation for what was going on in
the 60s, my first idea when I read this.
> >
> >
>
> Bourdieu's sociological studies are extremely sophisticated, though I'm
> unable to go on at length about them here.
He is read all over the world ;-)
> In a nutshell, he has shown that when a cultural field, like the art world,
> cannot absorb an influx of new entrants, who's expectations have been raised
> to achieve positions within that field, then these new entrants are often
> driven to abandon traditional strategies for achieving success and adopt
> 'revolutionary' strategies that seek to overthrow the principles and social
> structure that excludes them.
But where did those many "new entrants" come from ?
Heiko
