Intellectuals, Culture and Public Policy in France : Approaches from the Left (Studies in Social and Political Thought)

Ahearne, Jeremy

Liverpool University Press（2010/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 244 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781846312458
• DDC分類 305.5520944

Full Description

French intellectuals have always defined themselves in political terms. They figure in common representation as oppositional figures set against State and government. But speaking truth to power is not the only way that intellectuals in France have brought their influence to bear upon political fields. Ahearne's book explores a neglected dimension of French intellectuals' practice. What happens when, instead of denouncing from without the worlds of government and public policy, French intellectuals become voluntarily, at least for a while, entangled within those worlds? After a historical and theoretical overview, the heart of the book is constituted by a series of case studies exploring policy domains in which strategies for shaping the broad 'culture' of France have been debated and developed. These comprise issues of laicity and secularization, reform of the educational curriculum, programmes of cultural 'democratization' and 'democracy', and public television programming. It explores the policy engagement of intellectuals such as Pierre Bourdieu, Michel de Certeau, André Malraux, Cathérine Clément, Régis Debray, Francis Jeanson, Henri Wallon, Blandine Kriegel, and Edgar Morin. 'An interesting and stimulating read ... I shall be recommending elements of this book as higher-level reading for students taking undergraduate modules on 'Republican values' and the French education system and 'French Popular culture'. I am sure that many other colleagues elsewhere in British and US universities will want to do likewise.' Hugh Dauncey, Newcastle University.

Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Focus and Limits

Part One: Frameworks
1 Intellectuals and public policy in France: an Overview
2 Intellectuals within policy processes: Conceptual approaches

Part Two: Probes
3 Laicity: architects and Interpreters Prophets and Architects: Condorcet, Quinet, Buisson Interpreting Laicity: The Debray and Stasi Reports (2002, 2003)
4 The expression and critique of Cultural policy: André Malraux and Pierre Bourdieu André Malraux Pierre Bourdieu
5 Curriculum reform and Intellectuals: the Common and the General Equality and the Idea of a Common Culture The Langevin-Wallon Report (1944-1947) Pierre Bourdieu: The Collège de France and the Bourdieu-Gros Reports (1985 and 1989) Edgar Morin: 'Quels savoirs enseigner dans les lycées?' (1998)
6. Cultural Democracy: representation, institutions and experimentation Francis Jeanson Michel de Certeau
7 Television: anxiety and care The Kriegel Report (2002) The Clément Report (2002)

Conclusion
Bibliography
Index