“I would simply ask why so many critics, so many writers, so many philosophers take such satisfaction in professing that the experience of a work of art is ineffable, that it escapes by definition all rational understanding; why are they so eager to concede without a struggle the defeat of knowledge; and where does their irrepressible need to belittle rational understanding come from, this rage to affirm the irreducibility of the work of art, or, to use a more suitable word, its transcendence.”
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Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu, born on August 1, 1930 and died on January 23, 2002, was a prominent French sociologist. His research covered various fields such as social structure, cultural capital, and symbolic power, which had a profound impact on contemporary sociology. more
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