In this book, leading social thinker Pierre Bourdieu and the artist Hans Haacke discuss contemporary art and the relations between art, politics and society. Their dialogue ranges widely from censorship and obscenity to the social conditions of artistic creativity, and focusses on the central themes in the work of both authors.

Pierre Bourdieu was Professor of Sociology at the Collège de France

Hans Haacke is a contemporary visual artist.