Reading Pierre Bourdieu in a Dual Context

Essays from India and France

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

This collection of articles is based on an Indo-French seminar on Pierre Bourdieu held to honour the work of this innovative social thinker who died in January 2002. It discusses the crises of imperial societies; the concept of state for Bourdieu and Foucault; Bourdieu’s theory of the symbolic; literature and politics during the German occupation; symbolic violence and masculine dominance in the Vichy regime; the notion of habitus, performance and women’s experience in everyday life; Bourdieu and anthropology; and violence in the Bombay riots. Students and teachers alike will find it a stimulating read.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-03-13
Mått:138 x 216 x 23 mm
Vikt:760 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:324
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415401142

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Roland Lardinois teaches at the CNRS, Paris.Meenakshi Thapan teaches in the Department of Sociology, University of Delhi.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction by the Editors 1. The Crises of Imperial Societies 2. Thinking the State with Bourdieu and Foucault 3. Bourdieu’s Theory of the Symbolic: Traditions and Innovations 4. The Field of Indian Knowledge in France in the 1930s 5. Literature and Politics During the German Occupation 6. Symbolic Violence and Masculine dominance in the Vichy Regime 7. Habitus, Performance and Women’s Experience in Everyday Life 8. Pierre Bourdieu and Anthropology 9. Documents and Testimony: Violence in the Bombay Riots. Index