Beyond Bourdieu : from genetic structuralism to relational phenomenology /
Pierre Bourdieu is arguably the most influential sociologist of the twentieth century, especially since the once common criticisms of his determinism and reproductionism have receded. Now, however, his intellectual enterprise faces a new set of challenges unearthed by decades of sympathetic research...
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Polity Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
Publication Dates: | 2016. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
Pierre Bourdieu is arguably the most influential sociologist of the twentieth century, especially since the once common criticisms of his determinism and reproductionism have receded. Now, however, his intellectual enterprise faces a new set of challenges unearthed by decades of sympathetic research: how to conceive the relationship between society and place, particularly in an increasingly global world; how to recognize the individual as a product of multiple forces and pressures; how to make sense of family relations and gender domination; and, ultimately, how to grasp how we each come to be the unique beings we are. This book tackles these challenges head on, starting from the philosophical core of Bourdieu's sociology and taking in hints and suggestions across his corpus, to propose a range of novel concepts and arguments. In the process it outlines a new way of looking at the world to complement Bourdieu's own one in which the focus is on the multiple social structures shaping individuals' everyday lives, not the multiple individuals comprising a single social structure. |
Carrier Form: | 175 pages ; 23 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-168) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781509507481 1509507485 9781509507498 1509507493 |
Index Number: | HM479 |
CLC: | C91 |
Call Number: | C91/A878 |
Contents: | Introduction -- The lifeworld -- The field of family relations -- Social becoming -- Gender -- Epilogue: sketch of a research programme. |