Pierre Bourdieu
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Bourdieu's work was primarily concerned with the dynamics of power in society, especially the diverse and subtle ways in which power is transferred and social order is maintained within and across generations. In conscious opposition to the idealist tradition of much of Western philosophy, his work often emphasized the corporeal nature of social life and stressed the role of practice and embodiment in social dynamics. Building upon and criticizing the theories of Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Max Weber, Émile Durkheim, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Erwin Panofsky and Marcel Mauss among others, his research pioneered novel investigative frameworks and methods, and introduced such influential concepts as cultural, social, and symbolic forms of capital (as opposed to traditional economic forms of capital), the cultural reproduction, the habitus, the field or location, and symbolic violence. Another notable influence on Bourdieu was Blaise Pascal, after whom Bourdieu titled his ''Pascalian Meditations''.
Bourdieu was a prolific author, producing hundreds of articles and three dozen books, nearly all of which are now available in English. His best-known book is ''Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste'' (1979), in which he argues that judgments of taste are related to social position, or more precisely, are themselves acts of social positioning. The argument is put forward by an original combination of social theory and data from quantitative surveys, photographs and interviews, in an attempt to reconcile difficulties such as how to understand the subject within objective structures. In the process, Bourdieu attempts to reconcile the influences of both external social structures and subjective experience on the individual. The book was named "the sixth most important sociological work of the twentieth century" by the International Sociological Association (ISA).
Pierre Bourdieu's work emphasized how social classes, especially the ruling and intellectual classes, preserve their social privileges across generations despite the myth that contemporary post-industrial society boasts equality of opportunity and high social mobility, achieved through formal education. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002, Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002
New York : The New Press : Distributed by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1998
New York : The New Press : Distributed by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1998
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Paris : Éditions de Minuit, 1977
Paris : Éditions de Minuit, 1977
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by Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002
Paris : Ed. du Seuil, 1993
Paris : Ed. du Seuil, 1993
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Konstanz : Universitätsverlag Konstanz, 2000
Konstanz : Universitätsverlag Konstanz, 2000
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by Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002
Paris : Seuil, 2000
Paris : Seuil, 2000
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La Paz, Bolivia : Carrera de Literatura, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, 1998
La Paz, Bolivia : Carrera de Literatura, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, 1998
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Paris, les Éditions de minuit, 1969
2e édition revue et augmentée.
Paris, les Éditions de minuit, 1969
2e édition revue et augmentée.
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by Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002
Zamora, Michoacán : México, D.F. : Graz : El Colegio de Michoacán ; Centro de Estudios Mexicanos y Centroamericanos ; Camera Austria, 2008
1. ed. en español.
Zamora, Michoacán : México, D.F. : Graz : El Colegio de Michoacán ; Centro de Estudios Mexicanos y Centroamericanos ; Camera Austria, 2008
1. ed. en español.
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La Tour d'Aigues : Aube, 2004
La Tour d'Aigues : Aube, 2004
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by Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002
Paris : Presses universitaires de France, 1970
3e édition mise à jour.
Paris : Presses universitaires de France, 1970
3e édition mise à jour.
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by Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002
London : Pluto Press, 1998
London : Pluto Press, 1998
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Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2018
Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2018
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