Pierre Bourdieu A Critical Introduction

by Lane, Jeremy F.

• ISBN13: 9780745315010
• ISBN10: 0745315011
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-20
• Publisher: PLUTO PRESS

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Jeremy F. Lane teaches in the Department of French at Aberdeen University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	viii
Introduction	1	(8)
Peasants into Revolutionaries?	9	(25)
Frenchmen into Consumers?	34	(25)
Universities	59	(27)
Returning to Kabylia	86	(28)
Anthropology and Sociology	114	(26)
Old Wine, Distinctive New Bottles	140	(26)
Neo-Liberalism and the Defence of the `Universal'	166	(36)
Conclusion	193	(9)
Bibliography	202	(23)
Index	225