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An Introduction to the Work of Pierre Bourdieu

The Practice of Theory

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Richard Harker

    1. Department of Education, Massey Univerity, New Zealand

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  2. Cheleen Mahar

    1. Department of Social Anthropology, Massey Univerity, New Zealand

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  3. Chris Wilkes

    1. Department of Sociology, Massey University, New Zealand

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Basic Theoretical Position

    • Cheleen Mahar, Richard Harker, Chris Wilkes
    Pages 1-25

  3. Pierre Bourdieu: The Intellectual Project

    • Cheleen Mahar
    Pages 26-57

  4. Bourdieu and Ethnography: Reflexivity, Politics and Praxis

    • Henry Barnard
    Pages 58-85

  5. Bourdieu - Education and Reproduction

    • Richard Harker
    Pages 86-108

  6. Bourdieu’s Class

    • Chris Wilkes
    Pages 109-131

  7. Making Distinctions: The Eye of the Beholder

    • John Codd
    Pages 132-159

  8. Language, Truth and Power: Bourdieu’s Ministerium

    • Ivan Snook
    Pages 160-179

  9. Bourdieu on Bourdieu: Learning the Lesson of the Leçon

    • Ian Duncan
    Pages 180-194

  10. Conclusion: Critique

    • Cheleen Mahar, Richard Harker, Chris Wilkes
    Pages 195-225

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 226-247
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About this book

Pierre Bourdieu has been making a distinguished contribution to European sociology for the past 25 years. He is Professor of Sociology at the Collge de France in Paris and author of many influential books including, most recently, Distinction and Homo Academicus, which have both been translated into English. This book serves to introduce this important body of work to the Anglo-American world. In a cross-disciplinary collaboration Richard Harker, Cheleen Mahar and Chris Wilkes provide the reader with the necessary tools to understand this complex and rewarding body of French sociology. Post modernist sociology has already been influenced by the French theorist Foucault; it is likely that the generation to come will be reading Bourdieu.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Education, Massey Univerity, New Zealand

    Richard Harker

  • Department of Social Anthropology, Massey Univerity, New Zealand

    Cheleen Mahar

  • Department of Sociology, Massey University, New Zealand

    Chris Wilkes

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: An Introduction to the Work of Pierre Bourdieu

  • Book Subtitle: The Practice of Theory

  • Editors: Richard Harker, Cheleen Mahar, Chris Wilkes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21134-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-52475-6Published: 19 November 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-52476-3Published: 19 November 1990

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-21134-0Published: 27 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 247

  • Topics: Social Theory, Philosophy of Education, Sociology, general

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