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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815800903321

Autore

Verdès-Leroux Jeannine

Titolo

Deconstructing Pierre Bourdieu [[electronic resource] ] : against sociological terrorism from the left / / [Jeannine Verdès-Leroux]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora, 2001

ISBN

1-280-34652-3

9786610346523

1-892941-30-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

301/.01

Soggetti

Sociology - Philosophy

Sociology - Methodology

Sociology - France - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; PIERRE BOURDIEU OR A CON-ARTIST'S SOCIOLOGY; Chapter I ART AND MANNER OR MANNER AND ART; Chapter II CONTRA INDICATIONS: "UNDERSTANDING", SAYS PIERRE BOURDIEU; Chapter III ODDS AND ENDS - THE SOCIAL CRITIQUE OF TASTE ON DISTINCTION (1979); Chapter IV POWER AND DETAILS IN CONNECTION WITH "A PARLOR GAME", THE APPENDIX TO DISTINCTION (1979); Chapter V DOES BOURDIEU UNDERSTAND BOURDIEU? ON HIS WORKS ON SCHOOL AND ON HOMO ACADEMICUS (1984); Chapter VI WAR WITHOUT PEACE ON THE RULES OF ART (1992)

Chapter VII "THINKING OUTSIDE OF BOURDIEU" AN INVITATION TO REFLEXIVE ANTHROPOLOGY (1992)Chapter VIII OUTSPOKENNESS: BOURDIEU AND PÉCUCHET ON FREE EXCHANGE (1994); Chapter IX "THE HOPE OF EFFICACY" ON TELEVISION (1997); CONCLUSION ON THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE; SELECTED WORKS BY PIERRE BOURDIEU

Sommario/riassunto

World-famous in sociology and philosophy circles, Pierre Bourdieu has been untouchable - until now. Witty, sharp and rigorous, author Verdes-Lerroux paints a highly charged portrait, denouncing his militancy, hypocrisy, elitism and shallowness.