Pierre Bourdieu: A Critical Introduction
Pierre Bourdieu: A Critical Introduction (Modern European Thinkers) by Jeremy F. Lane
English | September 1, 2000 | ISBN: 0745315062, 0745315011, 9781783718603 | True EPUB | 224 pages | 0.7 MB
English | September 1, 2000 | ISBN: 0745315062, 0745315011, 9781783718603 | True EPUB | 224 pages | 0.7 MB
This study of the work of the influential French sociologist and anthropologist Pierre Bourdieu places his work firmly in the context of developments both in the French post-war intellectual field an din post-war French society as a whole. Set against the background of rapid change and upheaval that has characterised post-war French society, culture and politics, Bourdieu's work can be seen as offering a peculiarly perceptive analysis of France's problematic transition to an era of late capitalism.
Proceeding thematically, this study traces the development of Bourdieu's thought, elucidating the relationship between the anthropological and sociological aspects of his work, examining his debt to Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty and Bachelard, and highlighting his antagonistic relationship with a series of contemporary intellectual figures and movements - Barthes, Lefebvre, Touraine, Sartre, Fanon, Foucault, Derrida, structuralism and post-structuralism.