Conversations with Bourdieu

Informationen zum Autor Michael Burawoy is professor at the University of California, Berkley. He was President of the International Sociological Association (ISA) until 2014. Klappentext Presenting the first comprehensive attempt at a critical engagement with Pierre Bourdieu's theory as a totality, the author constructs a series of imaginary conversations between the sociologist Bourdieu and his nemesis - Marxism - from which he silently borrowed so much. The book then brings these conversations to South Africa, showing the relevance of Bourdieu's ideas to a country he never visited. Zusammenfassung Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) is the most influential sociologist of our time. His works take in education! culture! sport! literature! painting! class! philosophy! religion! law! media! intellectuals! methodology! photography! universities! colonialism! kinship! schooling and politics. Sociology is a combat sport - Bourdieu meets Bourdieu; theory and practice - Marx meets Bourdieu; cultural domination - Gramsci meets Bourdieu; colonialism and revolution - Fanon meets Bourdieu; pedagogy of the oppressed - Freire meets Bourdieu; antinomies of feminism - de Beauvoir meets Bourdieu; intellectuals and their publics - Mills meets Bourdieu; Homo Ludens vs. Homo Habitus - Burawoy meets Bourdieu; concluding reflections.

Auteur

Michael Burawoy is professor at the University of California, Berkley. He was President of the International Sociological Association (ISA) until 2014.

Texte du rabat

Presenting the first comprehensive attempt at a critical engagement with Pierre Bourdieu's theory as a totality, the author constructs a series of imaginary conversations between the sociologist Bourdieu and his nemesis - Marxism - from which he silently borrowed so much. The book then brings these conversations to South Africa, showing the relevance of Bourdieu's ideas to a country he never visited.

Résumé
Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) is the most influential sociologist of our time. His works take in education, culture, sport, literature, painting, class, philosophy, religion, law, media, intellectuals, methodology, photography, universities, colonialism, kinship, schooling and politics.

Contenu

Sociology is a combat sport - Bourdieu meets Bourdieu; theory and practice - Marx meets Bourdieu; cultural domination - Gramsci meets Bourdieu; colonialism and revolution - Fanon meets Bourdieu; pedagogy of the oppressed - Freire meets Bourdieu; antinomies of feminism - de Beauvoir meets Bourdieu; intellectuals and their publics - Mills meets Bourdieu; Homo Ludens vs. Homo Habitus - Burawoy meets Bourdieu; concluding reflections.