Without nevertheless being

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"The science of the mode of aesthetic knowledge finds its foundation in a theory of practice as practice, meaning as an activity founded in cognitive operations which mobilize a mode of knowing which is not that of theory and concept, without nevertheless being . . . a sort of ineffable participation in a known object." (Pierre Bourdieu, The Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field, quoted in Helena Webster, Bourdieu For Architects)

I couldn't figure the emphasized part out, can you help me?

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

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alibey1917I couldn't figure the emphasized part out, can you help me?

OK, I'll try, but there are problems, not least that he himself declares the thing ineffable. To paraphrase Douglas Adams, how can I be expected to eff it? Also, this is a translation from French, not that we can hope that it was any clearer in French, but its abstruseness in English asks us to trust the translator more than usual. And my biggest problem is that you have to have drunk the Kool-Aid to grok his lingo. I hope I've covered my *** sufficiently.

I can only hope he explains at some point what he means by "object". That's where he loses me. But anyway,

alibey1917cognitive operations which mobilize a mode of knowing

The writer employs a variety of thought process

alibey1917which is not that of theory and concept

which is not arrived at through the utilization of learned theory or by reference to pre-existing concepts,

alibey1917without nevertheless being . . . a sort of ineffable participation in a known object

but even so this variety of thought process is rooted in reality in some other way impossible to describe but involving some sort of linkage to a part of his personal world.

I actually love this sort of thing, as annoying as I find it. Writers like him take you by the hand and walk you through their mind like ***** frickin' Wonka. I'm glad to see you're OK. I was a little worried.

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