Pierre Bourdieu: 19 books

The work of Pierre Bourdieu, one of the most influential French intellectuals of the twentieth century, has had an enormous impact on research in fields as diverse as aesthetics, education, anthropology, and sociology. Pierre Bourdieu: Fieldwork in Art, Literature, and Culture is the first collection...

Eine »illegitime Kunst« nennen Bourdieu und seine Mitarbeiter die Fotografie. In der Tat gilt sie als »Zwitter«: als Alltagshandlung mit dem Anspruch einer Kunstanstrengung. Welchen Zwecken gehorcht die Fotografie? Sind Fotografien Bilder in dem strengen Sinne, mit dem dieses Wort in aller Regel...

Pierre Bourdieu presenta así este libro fundamental: «Saber que se trata de una pretensión algo alocada, que se ha intentado en varias ocasiones a lo largo de la historia con muchos fracasos, convierte mi empresa en algo aterrador y he vacilado mucho antes de presentársela a ustedes. Para lograr...

In 1988, the renowned sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and the leading historian Roger Chartier met for a series of lively discussions that were broadcast on French public radio. Published here for the first time, these conversations are an accessible and engaging introduction to the work of these two...

Este volumen reúne ensayos, entrevistas e intervenciones públicas de Pierre Bourdieu. En ellos, el sociólogo despliega su innovadora concepción de la dinámica social contemporánea, recorre su propia obra y la de otros pensadores y no evita polemizar con sus críticos. Preparado por Isabel Jiménez...

What is a 'symbolic revolution'? What happens when a symbolic revolutions occurs, how can it succeed and prevail and why is it so difficult to understand? Using the exemplary case of Édouard Manet, Pierre Bourdieu began to ponder these questions as early as the 1980s, before making it the focus of...

Much orthodox economic theory is based on assumptions which are treated as self-evident: supply and demand are regarded as independent entities, the individual is assumed to be a rational agent who knows his interests and how to make decisions corresponding to them, and so on. But one has only to...

This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the condition of the immigrant and it will transform the reader’s understanding of the issues surrounding immigration. Sayad’s book will be widely used in courses on race, ethnicity, immigration and identity in sociology, anthropology,...

What is the nature of the modern state? How did it come into being and what are the characteristics of this distinctive field of power that has come to play such a central role in the shaping of all spheres of social, political and economic life? In this major work the great sociologist Pierre...

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 is simultaneously a critique of the methods and postures of social science and a general...

Publicado originalmente en 1970, La reproducción sigue siendo un texto clave al que hay que volver si se quiere pensar cómo funciona el sistema educativo y en qué medida, o por medio de qué estrategias y desvíos, contribuye a confirmar a los privilegiados y a los desfavorecidos en sus lugares...

Vivimos sumergidos en la política, bombardeados por noticias nacionales o internacionales que, fieles al golpe de efecto, yuxtaponen guerras, elecciones, crisis económicas, delitos de sangre. En este marco, periodistas, intelectuales mediáticos y ensayistas varios, en lugar de echar luz sobre el...

What Is a People? seeks to reclaim "people" as an effective political concept by revisiting its uses and abuses over time. Alain Badiou surveys the idea of a people as a productive force of solidarity and emancipation and as a negative tool of categorization and suppression. Pierre Bourdieu...

Les "champs scientifiques" sont, selon Pierre Bourdieu, le lieu de l'affrontement nécessaire entre deux formes de pouvoir correspondant à deux espèces de "capital scientifique" : un capital que l'on peut qualifier de social, et un capital spécifique qui repose presque exclusivement...