Basil Bernstein: The Thinker and the Field provides a
comprehensive introduction to the work of Basil Bernstein,
demonstrating his distinctive contribution to social theory by
locating it within the historical context of the development of the
sociology of education and Sociology in Britain. Although Bernstein
had a particular interest in education, he did not see himself as a
sociologist of education alone. By exploring Bernstein s
intellectually collaborative character and the evolving system of
ideas, drawing upon anthropology and linguistics, the originality
of Bernstein s contribution to the social sciences can be truly
identified.
Rob Moore s text offers a provocative and challenging account
both of Bernstein, and of British sociology and education,
approaching Bernstein s work as a complex model of intertwining
ideas rather than a single theory. Continued interest in Bernstein
s work has opened up a world-wide network of scholarship, and Moore
considers contemporary research alongside classical sources in
Durkheim and Marx, to provide a historical analysis of the fields
of British Sociology and the sociology of education, pinpointing
Bernstein s position within them.
The book is organised into two main parts:
The Field
- Background and Beginnings
- Durkheim, Cosmology and Education
The Problematic
- The Structure of Pedagogic Discourse
- Bernstein and Theory
- Bernstein and research
- The Pedagogic Device
Written by a leading authority in the field, this text will be
valuable reading for post-graduate students of sociology and
education, along with active researchers and their research
students.
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