Perspectives on Music after Bourdieu - Contributions from Music Education and Sociology of Music

The sociology of Pierre Bourdieu has become one of the most influential theories in music education and sociology of music. Generations of scholars in both fields have applied, criticized and advanced the concepts and methods invented by Bourdieu and his school. The volume presents new contributions on the relevance, actuality and perspectives of Bourdieu s theory in the field of music production and music reception. The volume advances the interdisciplinary evaluation of Bourdieu s approach and contributes to a new evaluation of the Bourdieusian approach in the field of music research.

List of contents

With contributions by: Rainer Diaz-Bone.- Andreas Lehmann-Wermser.- Oliver Berli.- Koen van Eijck.- Nick Prior.- Guy Schwegler.- Jonathan Kropf.- Valerie Krupp.- Nick Crossley.- Petter Dyndahl.- Marc Dietrich.- Anna Bull.

About the author

Dr. Rainer Diaz-Bone
 is professor of sociology at the University of Lucerne (Switzerland).

Dr. Andreas Lehmann-Wermser
is professor emeritus of music education at the Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media (Germany).

Summary

The sociology of Pierre Bourdieu has become one of the most influential theories in music education and sociology of music. Generations of scholars in both fields have applied, criticized and advanced the concepts and methods invented by Bourdieu and his school. The volume presents new contributions on the relevance, actuality and perspectives of Bourdieu’s theory in the field of music production and music reception. The volume advances the interdisciplinary evaluation of Bourdieu’s approach and contributes to a new evaluation of the Bourdieusian approach in the field of music research.

Product details

• Assisted by: Rainer Diaz-Bone (Editor), Lehmann-Wermser (Editor), Andreas Lehmann-Wermser (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2025
• EAN: 9783658491444
• ISBN: 978-3-658-49144-4
• No. of pages: 364
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 21 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 496 g
• Illustrations: XX, 364 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Musikpädagogik, Musik, Kulturwissenschaften, Interdisziplinäre Studien, Music, Sociology of Culture, Sociological Theory, Music Research, Sociology of Music, Humanities and Social Sciences, Music Education, Sociological Methods, Musikwelten