The legacy of Pierre Bourdieu : critical essays / edited by Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Susen, Simon.

Turner, Bryan S.

Series:

Key issues in modern sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002.

Bourdieu, Pierre.

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

xxix, 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2011.

Summary:

Sociologists in many countries describe how the work of French sociologist Bourdieu (1930-2002) has been received. Among the topics are whether he was an unorthodox Marxist, with Weber and against Weber, Elias and Bourdieu, the sociology of religion, language and habitus, between the corporatism of the universal and the realpolitik of reason, and practice ans temporalization in his dealing with economic crisis. Some of the chapters have been published elsewhere; some are translated. Distributed in the US by Books International, Inc. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 Between Structuralism and Theory of Practice: The Cultural Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu / Hans Joas Joas, Hans, Wolfgang Knöbl (Translated (Translated, Wolfgang Knöbl, Alex Skinner) 1

2 Pierre Bourdieu: Unorthodox Marxist? / Bridget Fowler Fowler, Bridget 33

3 From Marx to Bourdieu: The Limits of the Structuralism of Practice / Bruno Karsenti (Translated (Translated, Bruno Karsenti, Simon Susen) 59

4 Durkheim and Bourdieu: The Common Plinth and its Cracks / Loïc Wacquant (Translated (Translated, Loïc Wacquant, Tarik Wareh) 91

5 With Weber Against Weber: In Conversation With Pierre Bourdieu / Pierre Bourdieu Bourdieu, Pierre, Franz Schultheis Schultheis, Franz, Andreas Pfeuffer (Translated (Translated, Andreas Pfeuffer, Simon Susen) 111

6 Bourdieu and Nietzsche: Taste as a Struggle / Keijo Rahkonen Rahkonen, Keijo 125

7 Elias and Bourdieu / Bowen Paulle Paulle, Bowen, Bart van Heerikhuizen Heerikhuizen, Bart van, Mustafa Emirbayer Emirbayer, Mustafa 145

8 Bourdieu and Adorno on the Transformation of Culture in Modern Society: Towards a Critical Theory of Cultural Production / Simon Susen Susen, Simon 173

9 The Grammar of an Ambivalence: On the Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu in the Critical Theory of Axel Honneth / Mauro Basaure Basaure, Mauro 203

10 Pierre Bourdieu and the Sociology of Religion / Bryan S. Turner Turner, Bryan S. 223

11 Bourdieu's Sociological Fiction: A Phenomenological Reading of Habitus / Bruno Frère Frère, Bruno 247

12 Overcoming Semiotic Structuralism: Language and Habitus in Bourdieu / Hans-Herbert Kögler Kögler, Hans-Herbert 271

13 Social Theory and Politics: Aron, Bourdieu and Passeron, and the Events of May 1968 / Derek Robbins Robbins, Derek 301

14 Intellectual Critique and the Public Sphere: Between the Corporatism of the Universal and the Realpolitik of Reason / Yves Sintomer (Translated (Translated, Yves Sintomer, Steven Corcoran) 329

15 Practice as Temporalisation: Bourdieu and Economic Crisis / Lisa Adkins Adkins, Lisa 347.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780857287687

0857287680

OCLC:

679937493