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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Some light pencil lines.. Softcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) had an enormous influence on social and cultural thought in the second half of the twentieth century leaving a mark on fields as diverse as sociology anthropology education critical theory literary criticism art history and media studies. From his childhood in a rural French village to his fieldwork in Algeria to his ascension to the Chair of Sociology at the Coll?ge de France Bourdieu’s life followed a trajectory both complex and contradictory. In this original and eloquent study Deborah Reed-Danahay offers fresh insights on Bourdieu’s work by drawing on the perspectives of ethnography and autobiography. Using Bourdieu’s own reflections upon his life and career and considering the totality of his research and writing this book locates Bourdieu within his French milieu and within the current state of theorizing on Europe and its colonial legacy. Locating Bourdieu revisits major themes and concepts such as structure and practice taste and distinction habitus social field symbolic capital and symbolic violence adding new perspectives and discovering ?mplications of Bourdieu’s work for understanding emotion social space and personal narrative. The result is a work of impressive scholarship and intellectual creativity that will appeal to scholars students and non-specialists alike. (LL)