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Jacques Dubois

Belgian sociologist of literature

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born: 1933
died: 2026
age at death: 92
known for: sociologist, literary scholar, university teacher

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Jacques Dubois was a Belgian literary theorist and academic who was Professor Emeritus of Literature at the Université de Liège. He invented the concept of the Literary Institution following the work of Pierre Bourdieu by analogy with other social institutions such as military, medical, and political. He was also a member of the Groupe μ. In 1983, he was the main editor of the Manifesto for Walloon culture.

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