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Pierre Bourdieu was one of the most influential social thinkers of the past half-century, known for both his theoretical and methodological contributions and his wide-ranging empirical investigations into colonial power in Algeria, the educational system in France, the forms of state power, and the history of artistic and scientific fields-among many other topics. Despite the depth and breadth of his influence, however, Bourdieu's legacy has yet to be assessed in a comprehensive manner. The Oxford Handbook of Pierre Bourdieu fills this gap by offering a sweeping overview of Bourdieu's impact on the social sciences and humanities.
Thomas Medvetz and Jeffrey J. Sallaz have gathered a diverse array of leading scholars who place Bourdieu's work in the wider scope of intellectual history, trace the development of his thought, offer original interpretations and critical engagement, and discuss the likely impact of his ideas on future social research. The Handbook highlights Bourdieu's contributions to established areas of research-including the study of markets, the law, cultural production, and politics-and illustrates how his concepts have generated new fields and objects of study.
List of contents
- Introduction
- 1. Pierre Bourdieu, a Twentieth Century Life
- Thomas Medvetz and Jeffrey J. Sallaz
- PART I REGIONAL PATTERNS OF APPROPRIATION
- 2. Bourdieu's International Circulation: An Exercise in Intellectual Mapping
- Marco Santoro, Andrea Gallelli and Barbara Grüning
- 3. On the Reception of Bourdieu in the World's Most Equal Societies
- Johs Hjekllbrekke and Annick Prieur
- 4. Bourdieu's Uneven Influence in Anglophone Canadian Sociology
- John McLevey, Allyson Stokes, and Amelia Howard
- 5. Reading Bourdieu in South Africa
- Karl von Holdt
- 6. Bourdieu in the Post-Communist World
- Liliana Pop
- PART II: TAKING BOURDIEU GLOBAL
- 7. Field Theory From a Transnational Perspective
- Gisele Sapiro
- 8. Transnational Social Fields
- Nikko Kauppi
- 9. Pierre Bourdieu and International Relations
- Antonin Cohen
- PART III: DISCIPLINES AND SUBFIELDS
- 10. The Scientific Method and the Social Hierarchy of Objects
- Pierre Bourdieu
- 11. Pierre Bourdieu's Sociology of Education: Institutional Form and Social Inequality
- Elliot B. Weininger and Annette Lareau
- 12. Bourdieu and Organizations: Hidden Traces, Macro Influence, and Micro Potential
- Tim Hallett and Matthew Gougherty
- 13. Pierre Bourdieu and the Study of Religion: Recent Developments, Directions and Departures
- Terry Rey
- 14. The Transdisciplinary Contribution of Pierre Bourdieu to the Study of the Academic Field and Intellectuals
- Christophe Charle (trans. Kristin Couper)
- PART IV BOURDIEU'S CONCEPTS EMBEDDED
- 15. Bourdieu's Capital(s): Sociologizing an Economic Concept
- Erik Neveu
- 16. The Poverty of Philosophy
- Michael Burawoy
- 17. Bourdieu and Schutz: Bringing Together Two Sons of Husserl
- Will Atkinson
- 18. Pierre Bourdieu and the Unthought Colonial State
- Franck Poupeau
- 19. Bourdieu's Unlikely Contribution to the Human Sciences
- John Levi Martin
- 20. Bourdieu and the Sociology of Intellectual Life
- Thomas Medvetz
- PART V: BOURDIEU'S CONCEPTS AS GENERATIVE AND OPEN-ENDED
- 21. Is a Bourdieusian Ethnography Possible?
- Jeffrey J. Sallaz
- 22. Bourdieu and Geometric Data Analysis
- Frédéric Lebaron and Brigitte Le Roux
- 23. Correspondence Analysis and Bourdieu's Approach to Statistics: Using Correspondence Analysis Within Field Theory
- Julien Duval
- 24. A Concise Genealogy and Anatomy of Habitus
- Loïc Wacquant
- 25. Habitus and Beyond
- Claudio Benzecry
- 26. Bourdieu and the Body<
About the author
Thomas Medvetz is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego and author of Think Tanks in America.
Jeffrey J. Sallaz is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona and author of The Labor of Luck and Labor, Economy and Society.
Summary
The Oxford Handbook of Pierre Bourdieu examines the legacy of one of the most influential social thinkers of the last half-century. Taken together, these writings offer a comprehensive overview of Bourdieu's biography, his main theoretical ideas, and his ongoing influence on the social sciences.
