Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Pierre Bourdieu - Personally Speaking; 3. The Algerian Crisis; 4. Education and State Training; 5. Media and Culture; 6. Economics; 7. Acts of Resistance; 8. Raison d'Etre; 9. Conclusion; 10. Bibliography

Promotional Information

A reading of Bourdieu's work as a coherent and valuable response to those key social and political issues, events and trends shaping contemporary society.

About the Author

Michael Grenfell is Professor in the Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences, University of Southampton.

Reviews

An illuminating companion to Bourdieu's own writing and to his many and varied ideas ... For the uninitiated scholar wishing to understand Bourdieu this book offers a comprehensive introduction.
*Grainne Ketelaar, University of Ulster, in the International Journal of Contemporary Sociology*

Friend and collaborator Michael Grenfell offers a dense but cogent and charitable intellectual biography of Pierre Bourdieu. Highly recommended.
*Choice*