An Analysis of Pierre Bourdieu's Outline of a Theory of Practice

ISBN-13: 9781912303915 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 112 str.

Rodolfo Maggio

Opis

Bourdieu questions the preeminent ideas of social anthropologists who stressed the structural principles governing human action rather than the actions themselves and, Bourdieu asserts, doesn’t account for all observable nuances of behaviour.

Spis treści

Ways in to the Text  Who was Pierre Bourdieu?  What does Outline of a Theory of Practice Say?  Why does Outline of a Theory of Practice Matter?  Section 1: Influences  Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context  Module 2: Academic Context  Module 3: The Problem  Module 4: The Author's Contribution  Section 2: Ideas  Module 5: Main Ideas  Module 6: Secondary Ideas  Module 7: Achievement  Module 8: Place in the Author's Work  Section 3: Impact  Module 9: The First Responses  Module 10: The Evolving Debate  Module 11: Impact and Influence Today  Module 12: Where Next?  Glossary of Terms  People Mentioned in the Text  Works Cited

O autorze

Dr Rodolfo Maggio holds a masters degree in anthropology from the London School of Economics and a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Manchester. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford.