An introduction to the work of Pierre Bourdieu

the practice of theory

Edited by
Richard Harker, Cheleen Mahar, Chris Wilkes

Palgrave Macmillan

1990

Abstract

Pierre Bourdieu has been making a distinguished contribution to European sociology for the past 25 years. He is Professor of Sociology at the Collge de France in Paris and author of many influential books including, most recently, Distinction and Homo Academicus, which have both been translated into English. This book serves to introduce this important body of work to the Anglo-American world. In a cross-disciplinary collaboration Richard Harker, Cheleen Mahar and Chris Wilkes provide the reader with the necessary tools to understand this complex and rewarding body of French sociology. Post modernist sociology has already been influenced by the French theorist Foucault; it is likely that the generation to come will be reading Bourdieu.

Cited authors

Foucault Michel

Bourdieu Pierre

Harker Richard

Mahar Cheleen

Wilkes Chris