The most significant French sociologist since Durkheim, Pierre
Bourdieu's influence on intellectual life shows no sign of abating.
He was a prolific and consequential scholar whose impact can be
measured by the Social Science Citation Index and international
surveys of academics. Conceptualizations, such as habitus and
field, his heuristic treatment of cultural, economic, political,
social and symbolic capital to analyze the uses of power, and his
insistence upon melding the usually separated micro and macro
levels of societal theorizing are now embedded in the basic
vocabulary of sociology and anthropology. Whether or not in accord
with his outlook, serious scholars are obliged to test themselves
against his challenges.
Bourdieu also played a considerable role as a public
intellectual, taking positions on questions vital to France and to
the world more generally. Many of his contributions stem from his
important research projects: colonialism, educational inequality,
the social foundations of taste in the arts and life styles, social
reproduction of status relationships, and more recently, the impact
of unchecked globalism on the disadvantaged. The articles in this
book represent a sampling of the most recent and durable of the
ongoing conversations, debates, and research orientations that
Bourdieu launched.
This collection offers insight into central features of
Bourdieu's sociology as well as examples of original research
inspired by Bourdieua (TM)s work. It will be of great relevance to
students of social theory, French culture and theory, political
sociology, sociology of culture and education.
This volume is based in large part on a special issue of the
journal Theoryand Society [The sociology of Symbolic Power: A
Special Issue in Memory of Pierre Bourdieu] edited by David L.
Swartz, with the editorial collaboration of Vera L. Zolberg Vol.
332/5-6 (December 2003) Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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