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The everyday practice of photography by millions of amateur photographers may seem to be a spontaneous and highly personal activity. But France's leading sociologist and cultural theorist Pierre Bourdieu and his…

The French social philosopher Pierre Bourdieu is now recognised as one of the major thinkers of the twentieth century. In a career of over fifty years, Bourdieu studied a wide range of topics: education, culture, art,…

Our usual representations of the opposition between the 'civilized' and the 'primitive' derive from willfully ignoring the relationship of distance our social science sets up between the observer and the observed. In…

The work of French sociologist, anthropologist and philosopher Pierre Bourdieu has been influential across a set of cognate disciplines that can be classified as physical culture studies. Concepts such as field,…

No judgement of taste is innocent - we are all snobs. Pierre Bourdieu?s Distinction brilliantly illuminates the social pretentions of the middle classes in the modern world, focusing on the tastes and…

This work examines the distinctive forms of power - political, intellectual, bureaucratic and economic - by means of which contemporary societies are governed. It examines in detail the work of consecration which is…

A sociological analysis of modern intellectual culture, aiming to show that the academy is not just a realm of dialogue and debate, but also a sphere of power in which reputations and careers are made, defended and…

French sociologist and anthropologist Pierre Bourdieu?s relevance for studies of spatiality and mobility has received less attention than other aspects of his work. Here, Deborah Reed-Danahay argues that the concept…

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This is the third of five volumes based on the lectures given by Pierre Bourdieu at the Collège de France in the early 1980s under the title General Sociology. In these lectures, Bourdieu sets out to define…

Confined in their governmental ivory towers, their actions largely dictated by public opinion polls, politicians and state officials are all too often oblivious to the everyday lives of ordinary citizens. These…

No judgment of taste is innocent. In a word, we are all snobs. Pierre Bourdieu brilliantly illuminates this situation of the middle class in the modern world. France's leading sociologist focuses here on the French…

Outline of a theory of practice is recognized as a major theoretical text on the foundations of anthropology and sociology. Pierre Bourdieu, a distinguished French anthropologist, develops a theory of practice which…

In this highly original work, Pierre Bourdieu turns his attention to the academic world of which he is part and offers a brilliant analysis of modern intellectual culture. The academy is shown to be not just a realm…

This volume brings together Pierre Bourdieu's highly original writings on language and on the relations among language, power, and politics. Bourdieu develops a forceful critique of traditional approaches to language,…

Pierre Bourdieu was the most influential sociologist of the late 20^{th century. The framework he developed continues to inspire countless researchers across the globe and provokes intense debates long after…}