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Understanding Bourdieu
About this book
"Bourdieu?s work is formidable - the journey is tough. Follow this French foreign legion - take an apple, take a hanky - but take this book".
- Peter Beilharz , La Trobe University
"A good range of recent examples from popular culture are used to flesh out the material in accessible terms. These examples are deployed very well indeed - rather than being tacked-on illustrations of an idea, they are instead used at the heart of the explanation of the ideas".
- David Gauntlett, Leeds University
Now considered one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, Pierre Bourdieu has left his mark on most of the ?big? theoretical issues in the world of contemporary theory: gender, subjectivity, the body, culture, citizenship, and globalization. His terms are now commonplace: ?social capital?, ?cultural capital?, ?field?, and ?habitus?.
Bourdieu examines how people conduct their lives in relation to one another and to major social institutions. He argues that culture and education aren?t simply minor influences, but as important as economics in determining differences between groups of people. Unlike the other grand systematisers Marx and Foucault, Bourdieu has tested these arguments in detailed fieldwork. His range is eclectic, his vision is vast, and his writing is often dense and challenging.
Understanding Bourdieu offers a comprehensive introduction to Bourdieu?s work. It is essential reading for anyone tackling him for the first time.
- Peter Beilharz , La Trobe University
"A good range of recent examples from popular culture are used to flesh out the material in accessible terms. These examples are deployed very well indeed - rather than being tacked-on illustrations of an idea, they are instead used at the heart of the explanation of the ideas".
- David Gauntlett, Leeds University
Now considered one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, Pierre Bourdieu has left his mark on most of the ?big? theoretical issues in the world of contemporary theory: gender, subjectivity, the body, culture, citizenship, and globalization. His terms are now commonplace: ?social capital?, ?cultural capital?, ?field?, and ?habitus?.
Bourdieu examines how people conduct their lives in relation to one another and to major social institutions. He argues that culture and education aren?t simply minor influences, but as important as economics in determining differences between groups of people. Unlike the other grand systematisers Marx and Foucault, Bourdieu has tested these arguments in detailed fieldwork. His range is eclectic, his vision is vast, and his writing is often dense and challenging.
Understanding Bourdieu offers a comprehensive introduction to Bourdieu?s work. It is essential reading for anyone tackling him for the first time.
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Information
Understanding
Bourdieu
Further
reading
Bourdieu,
Pierre
and
Loic
Wacquant
1992d,
An
Invitation
to
Reflex-
ive
Sociology,
Polity
Press,
Cambridge
Bourdieu,
Pierre
1998d,
Practical
Reason,
Polity
Press,
Cambridge
Bourdieu,
Pierre
et
al.
1999,
The
Weight
of
the
World:
Social
Suffer-
ing
in
Contemporary
Society,
Stanford
University
Press,
Stanford
Certeau,
Michel
de
1984,
The
Practice
of
Everyday
Life,
University
of
California
Press,
Berkeley
Schirato,
Tony
and
Susan
Yell
2000,
Communication
and
Cultural
Literacy,
2nd
edn,
Allen
&
Unwin/Sage,
Sydney
and
London
62
Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Glossary
- 1 - Contexts and approaches
- 2 - Cultural field and the habitus
- 3 - Theorising practice
- 4 - Bourdieu's sociology
- 5 - Government and bureaucracy
- 6 - Bourdieu and secondary schools
- 7 - Bourdieu and higher education
- 8 - The field of cultural production
- 9 - Art and artists
- 10 - Journalism and television
- Bibliography
- Index