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As a soldier in the French army, Pierre Bourdieu took thousands of photographs documenting the abject conditions and suffering (as well as the resourcefulness, determination, grace, and dignity) of the Algerian people as they fought in the Algerian War (1954-1962). Sympathizing with those he was told to regard as "enemies," Bourdieu became deeply and permanently invested in their struggle to overthrow French rule and the debilitations of poverty. Bourdieu immediately undertook the creation of a new ethnographic-sociological science based on his experiences--one that was capable of explaining the mechanics of French colonial aggression and the impressive, if curious, ability of the Algerians to resist it. This volume pairs 130 of Bourdieu's photographs with key excerpts from his related writings. It also features an interview with Bourdieu in which he speaks to his experiences in Algeria, its significance on his intellectual evolution, his role in transforming photography into a means for social inquiry, and the duty of the committed intellectual to participate in an increasingly troubled world.
List of contents
Foreword, by Craig Calhoun Pierre Bourdieu and Algeria: An Elective Affinity, by Franz SchultheisPictures from Algeria: An Interview with Pierre Bourdieu, by Franz SchultheisWar and Social Transformation in Algeria Habitus and HabitatMen--WomenAn Agrarian Society in CrisisThe Economics of PovertyIn Algiers and Blida: Image Sequence, by Pierre BourdieuComments on the Photographic Documentations of Pierre Bourdieu, by Christine FrisinghelliWorks by Pierre Bourdieu on AlgeriaList of PhotographsNotes
About the author
Franz Schultheis (Prof. Dr.), geb. 1953, ist Seniorprofessor an der Zeppelin Universität Friedrichshafen und arbeitete lange mit Pierre Bourdieu zusammen. Er ist Präsident der »Fondation Pierre Bourdieu« sowie Redaktionsmitglied von »Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales«.
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As a soldier in the French army, Pierre Bourdieu took thousands of photographs documenting the abject conditions and suffering (as well as the resourcefulness, determination, grace, and dignity) of the Algerian people as they fought in the Algerian War (1954-1962). Sympathizing with those he was told to regard as "enemies," Bourdieu became deeply and permanently invested in their struggle to overthrow French rule and the debilitations of poverty. Bourdieu immediately undertook the creation of a new ethnographic-sociological science based on his experiences--one that was capable of explaining the mechanics of French colonial aggression and the impressive, if curious, ability of the Algerians to resist it. This volume pairs 130 of Bourdieu's photographs with key excerpts from his related writings. It also features an interview with Bourdieu in which he speaks to his experiences in Algeria, its significance on his intellectual evolution, his role in transforming photography into a means for social inquiry, and the duty of the committed intellectual to participate in an increasingly troubled world.
