Bourdieu: A Critical Introduction

ISBN-13: 9781760111748 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 272 str.

Tony Schirato; Mary Roberts

Opis

A systematic account of the full body of work of the French philosopher Pierre Bourdieu, one of the great thinkers of the 20th century. By showing the development of Bourdieu's thinking over his full career, Schirato and Roberts throw new light on his influential 'thinking tools', including habitus, capital, cultural reproduction, field and class.

Spis treści

1. Antecedents and trajectories

2. Scholarly trajectory

3. Education, socio-cultural reproduction and class

4. Distinction

5. The habitus

6. Cultural field

7. Cultural capital

8. Symbolic power

9. The logic of practice

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Tony Schirato is Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Macau, and formerly taught at Victoria University Wellington in New Zealand, and at Central Queensland University in Australia. He is co-author of introductions to Bourdieu, Foucault and Judith Butler, and author of Understanding Sports Culture and Sports Discourse.
Mary Roberts is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Macau.