Bourdieu and Historical Analysis

Book Overview

The French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu had a broader theoretical agenda than is generally acknowledged. Introducing this innovative collection of essays, Philip S. Gorski argues that Bourdieu's reputation as a theorist of social reproduction is the misleading result of his work's initial reception among Anglophone readers, who focused primarily on his mid-career thought. A broader view of his entire body of work reveals Bourdieu as a theorist of social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822352737
• ISBN13: 9780822352730
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"