Pierre Bourdieu was one of the most influential social thinkers of the past half-century, known for both his theoretical and methodological contributions and his wide-ranging empirical investigations into colonial power in Algeria, the educational system in France, the forms of state power, and the history of artistic and scientific fields-among many other topics. Despite the depth and breadth of his influence, however, Bourdieu's legacy has yet to be assessed in a comprehensive manner. The Oxford Handbook of Pierre Bourdieu fills this gap by offering a sweeping overview of Bourdieu's impact on the social sciences and humanities. Thomas Medvetz and Jeffrey J. Sallaz have gathered a diverse array of leading scholars who place Bourdieu's work in the wider scope of intellectual history, trace the development of his thought, offer original interpretations and critical engagement, and discuss the likely impact of his ideas on future social research. The Handbook highlights Bourdieu's contributions to established areas of research-including the study of markets, the law, cultural production, and politics-and illustrates how his concepts have generated new fields and objects of study.

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Thomas Medvetz is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego and author of Think Tanks in America. Jeffrey J. Sallaz is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona and author of The Labor of Luck and Labor, Economy and Society.

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Introduction 1. Pierre Bourdieu, a Twentieth Century Life Thomas Medvetz and Jeffrey J. Sallaz PART I: REGIONAL PATTERNS OF APPROPRIATION 2. Bourdieu's International Circulation: An Exercise in Intellectual Mapping Marco Santoro, Andrea Gallelli and Barbara Grüning 3. On the Reception of Bourdieu in the World's Most Equal Societies Johs Hjellbrekke and Annick Prieur 4. Bourdieu's Uneven Influence in Anglophone Canadian Sociology John McLevey, Allyson Stokes, and Amelia Howard 5. Reading Bourdieu in South Africa Karl von Holdt 6. Bourdieu in the Post-Communist World Liliana Pop PART II: TAKING BOURDIEU GLOBAL 7. Field Theory From a Transnational Perspective Gisèle Sapiro 8. Transnational Social Fields Niilo Kauppi 9. Pierre Bourdieu and International Relations Antonin Cohen PART III: DISCIPLINES AND SUBFIELDS 10. The Scientific Method and the Social Hierarchy of Objects Pierre Bourdieu 11. Pierre Bourdieu's Sociology of Education: Institutional Form and Social Inequality Elliot B. Weininger and Annette Lareau 12. Bourdieu and Organizations: Hidden Traces, Macro Influence, and Micro Potential Tim Hallett and Matthew Gougherty 13. Pierre Bourdieu and the Study of Religion: Recent Developments, Directions and Departures Terry Rey 14. The Transdisciplinary Contribution of Pierre Bourdieu to the Study of the Academic Field and Intellectuals Christophe Charle (trans. Kristin Couper) PART IV: BOURDIEU'S CONCEPTS EMBEDDED 15. Bourdieu's Capital(s): Sociologizing an Economic Concept Erik Neveu 16. The Poverty of Philosophy: Marx Meets Bourdieu Michael Burawoy 17. Bourdieu and Schutz: Bringing Together Two Sons of Husserl Will Atkinson 18. Pierre Bourdieu and the Unthought Colonial State Franck Poupeau 19. Bourdieu's Unlikely Contribution to the Human Sciences John Levi Martin 20. Bourdieu and the Sociology of Intellectual Life Thomas Medvetz PART V: BOURDIEU'S CONCEPTS AS GENERATIVE AND OPEN-ENDED 21. Is a Bourdieusian Ethnography Possible? Jeffrey J. Sallaz 22. Bourdieu and Geometric Data Analysis Frédéric Lebaron and Brigitte Le Roux 23. Correspondence Analysis and Bourdieu's Approach to Statistics: Using Correspondence Analysis Within Field Theory Julien Duval 24. A Concise Genealogy and Anatomy of Habitus Loïc Wacquant 25. Habitus and Beyond: Standing on the Shoulders of a Giant Looking at the Seams Claudio E. Benzecry 26. Bourdieu and the Body Catherine Connell and Ashley Mears 27. Tensions, Actors, and Inventions: Bourdieu's Sociology of the State as an Unfinished but Promising Research Program Jens Arnholtz 28. Bourdieusian Field Theory and the Reorientation of Historical Sociology George Steinmetz 29. The Relevance of Bourdieu's Concepts for Studying the Intersections of Poverty, Race, and Culture Kerry Woodward 30. Four Transversal Principles for Putting Bourdieu to Work Loïc Wacquant