Outline of a Theory of Practice

Klappentext Through Pierre Bourdieu's work in Kabylia (Algeria)! he develops a theory on symbolic power. Zusammenfassung Pierre Bourdieu! a French anthropologist! develops his theory of symbolic power through a materialistic approach! which he analyses symbolic capital and the different modes of domination. The author draws on his fieldwork in Kabylia (Algeria) to illustrate his theoretical propositions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Translator's foreword; 1. The objective limits of objectivism; 2. Structures and the habitus; 3. Generative schemes and practical logic: invention within limits; 4. Structures, habitus, power: basis for a theory of symbolic power; Notes; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Pierre Bourdieu, Pierre (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales Bourdieu, Bourdieu Pierre
• Assisted by: Meyer Fortes (Editor), Richard Nice (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.06.1977
• EAN: 9780521291644
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29164-4
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology; Cambridge Studies in Social an
• Subjects: Education and learning; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics