The French social philosopher Pierre Bourdieu (1930 – 2002) 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, politics, economics, literature, law, and philosophy. Throughout his studies, Bourdieu developed a highly specialised series of concepts that he referred to as his “thinking tools”, which were used to uncover the workings of contemporary society. Pierre Bourdieu: Key Concepts takes a selection of his most important concepts and examines them in detail. Focusing on an individual concept, each chapter written to be of immediate use to the student with little or no previous knowledge of Bourdieu. At the same time, the chapters develop a range of dimensions around each concept, so that coverage will also engage the more experienced reader.
CONTENTS
Introduction – Michael Grenfell
PART I: BIOGRAPHY, THEORY AND PRACTICE
1. Biography of Bourdieu – Michael Grenfell
2. Theory of Practice – Derek Robbins
PART II: FIELD THEORY: BEYOND SUBJECTIVITY AND OJECTIVITY
3. Habitus – Karl Maton
4. Field – Patricia Thomson
PART III: FIELD MECHANISMS
5. Social Class – Nicholas Crossley
6. Capital – Robert Moore
7. Doxa – Cécile Deer
8. Hysteresis – Cheryl Hardy
PART IV: FIELD CONDITIONS
9. Interest – Michael Grenfell
10. Conatus – Steve Fuller
11. Suffering – J. Daniel Schubert
12. Reflexivity – Cécile Deer
Conclusion – Michael Grenfell
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