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Science of Science and Reflexivity

Pierre Bourdieu - Science - 2004 - 144 pages
Adressing a range of issues and debates in the natural and social sciences, this work provides a sociological analysis of science which enables readers to understand the social ...
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Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture

Pierre Bourdieu, Jean-Claude Passeron - Social Science - 1990 - 302 pages
The way in which the ruling ideas of a social system are related to structures of class, production and power, and how these are legitimated and perpetuated, is fundamental to ...
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Firing Back: Against the Tyranny of the Market 2, Volume 2

Pierre Bourdieu - Political Science - 2003 - 100 pages
Globalization's threat to artists and intellectuals, and how they can rebut it. Pierre Bourdieu, described by The Nation as "worthy of the militant mantle of Sartre and ...
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The Premodern Condition: Medievalism and the Making of Theory

Bruce Holsinger - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 296 pages
Bruce Holsinger identifies and explains an affinity for medievalism and medieval studies among the leading figures of critical theory. His book contains original essays by ...
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Homo Academicus

Pierre Bourdieu - Social Science - 1988 - 374 pages
In this highly original work, Pierre Bourdieu turns his attention to the academic world of which he is part and offers a brilliant analysis of modern intellectual culture. The ...
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The State Nobility: Elite Schools in the Field of Power

Pierre Bourdieu - Social Science - 1998 - 510 pages
Examining in detail the work of consecration carried out by elite education systems, Bourdieu analyzes the distinctive forms of power—political, intellectual, bureaucratic ...
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Academic Discourse: Linguistic Misunderstanding and Professorial Power

Pierre Bourdieu, Jean-Claude Passeron, Monique de Saint Martin - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 152 pages
In this innovative work on culture and education, Pierre Bourdieu and his associates examine the role of language and linguistic misunderstanding in the teaching contexts of ...
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Photography: A Middle-Brow Art

Pierre Bourdieu, Shaun Whiteside - Social Science - 1990 - 244 pages
The everyday practice of photography by millions of amateur photographers may seem to be a spontaneous and highly personal activity. But France's leading sociologist and ...
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