Pierre Bourdieu, described by "The Nation" as worthy of the militant mantle of Sartre and Foucault, here continues the themes advanced so successfully in his previous book "Acts of Resistance." "Firing Back" is an eloquent dissection of globalization s intellectual and cultural role throughout the world, and a discussion of the ways in which effective opposition to it can be mounted. Bourdieu examines Europe s potential as a counterweight to America s globalizing policy and discusses how intellectuals and those working in the cultural sphere can create meaningful alternatives. He also...
Pierre Bourdieu, described by "The Nation" as worthy of the militant mantle of Sartre and Foucault, here continues the themes advanced so successfu...
Pierre Bourdieu, one of the most influential critical social theorists of the second half of the twentieth century, once described sociology as "a combat sport." This comprehensive collection of his writings on politics and social science, from early 1960s articles on the Algerian War of Independence to the last text he published before his death, proves that this vision was enduring throughout his life as well as a serious scholar Bourdieu was always an outspoken public intellectual.
Political Interventions includes many texts hitherto unavailable in English and, placing them in their...
Pierre Bourdieu, one of the most influential critical social theorists of the second half of the twentieth century, once described sociology as "a ...
The work of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu has emerged as one of the most substantial and innovative bodies of theory and research in contemporary social science. Le metier de sociologue, both a textbook and an original contribution to epistemology in social science, focuses on a basic problem of sociological research: the necessity of an epistemological break with the preconstructed objects social practice offers to the researcher. Pierre Bourdieu and his co-authors argue in the epistemological tradition of scholars like Bachelard, Canguilhem, Koyre, a tradition that...
The work of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu has emerged as one of the most substantial and innovative bodies of theory and research in conte...
Bourdieu turns his attention to the academic world and offers an analysis of modern intellectual culture. The academy is shown to be not just a realm of dialogue and debate, but also a sphere of power in which reputations and careers are made, defended and destroyed. Bourdieu examines the social background and practical activities of his fellow academics, from Foucault, Derrida and Lacan to figures who are lesser known but not necessarily less influential. Bourdieu analyzes their social origins and current positions, how much they publish and where they publist it, their institutional...
Bourdieu turns his attention to the academic world and offers an analysis of modern intellectual culture. The academy is shown to be not just a realm ...
Drawing on his own fieldwork as well as a range of ethnographic and anthropological texts, Bourdieu unfolds a theoretical perspective which aims to do justice to the practical logic of everyday action as well as the objective structures within which such action takes place. An understanding of practice requires the anthropologist to move beyond objectivism and subjectivism and to grasp, by means of the concept of habitus, the interplay of structures and practices in the ongoing conduct of everyday life.
Drawing on his own fieldwork as well as a range of ethnographic and anthropological texts, Bourdieu unfolds a theoretical perspective which aims to do...
Now available in paperback, this important work brings together, Bourdieu's diverse writings on language, discussing in particular the relations between language, power and politics. Bourdieu argues that language should be viewed not only as a means of communication, but also as a medium of power. He also attacks the more traditional approaches to language and criticizes, in particular, the linguistic theories of Saussure and Chomsky. Applying his distinctive and highly influential theoretical approach Bourdieu sheds fresh light on the ways in which linguistic usage varies according to...
Now available in paperback, this important work brings together, Bourdieu's diverse writings on language, discussing in particular the relations betwe...
This work by Pierre Bourdieu develops the anthropological theory which has formed the basis of his scientific research. It examines a number of key philosophical questions, and places them in a new light.
This work by Pierre Bourdieu develops the anthropological theory which has formed the basis of his scientific research. It examines a number of key ph...
This is a contribution to the debate concerning the relation between Heidegger's philosophy and his political affiliations to Nazism. To understand Heidegger's work, it is necessary to reconstruct the logic of the philosophical field in early 20th-century Germany and its relation to the broader social and political fields of the Weimar Republic. In this way, Bourdieu provides new insights into Heidegger's philosophical language and orientation.
This is a contribution to the debate concerning the relation between Heidegger's philosophy and his political affiliations to Nazism. To understand He...
