Sketch for a Self-Analysis
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Sketch for a Self-Analysis
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"To what will be a long debate over the meaning and legacy of Bourdieu''s work . . . the Sketch is a useful contribution." (Jesse Carlson Canadian Journal of Sociology )
"A graceful overview of Bourdieu''s life and career. It can profitably be assigned as an introduction to Bourdieu in graduate seminars. From a sociological perspective, it is especially useful as a case study in reflective socioanalysis. A remarkable window onto one of our very greatest social thinkers, it also exemplifies wonderfully his distinctive sociological approach in action."—Mustafa Emirbayer, American Journal of Sociology (Mustafa Emirbayer American Journal of Sociology )
About the Author
Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002) was professor of sociology at the Collège de France. He is the author or coauthor of more than twenty works, including Distinction, Homo Academicus, Pascalian Meditations, On Television, State Nobility, Acts of Resistance, An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology, and Science of Science and Reflexivity, the last two also published by the University of Chicago Press.
Mr. Steiner (New York) | 
17/03/2009
17/03/2009
This is a slim account of Bourdieu's intellectual career in which he applies his own sociological method to himself as well as to his colleagues,while resisting the temptation to produce a comprehensive autobiography. Perhaps the most pleasurable aspect of this text is Bourdieu's treatment of the history of the French intellectual scene throughout the 1950's and 1960's. We are given amusingly personal accounts of Foucault, Althusser, Aron and the like-additionally, Bourdieu traces the various movements (structuralism, post structuralism, etc.) clearly as an active participant. Although this is not as moving or elaborate as Althusser's great 'The Future Lasts Forever,' there are still moments that are worthwhile for anyone interested in the sociology French academia.
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