Pierre Bourdieu

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born

in France

August 01, 1930

died

January 23, 2002

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Social Sciences, Philosophy, History

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Bourdieu pioneered investigative frameworks and terminologies such as cultural, social, and symbolic capital, and the concepts of habitus, field or location, and symbolic violence to reveal the dynamics of power relations in social life. His work emphasized the role of practice and embodiment or forms in social dynamics and worldview construction, often in opposition to universalized Western philosophical traditions. He built upon the theories of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Edmund Husserl, Georges Canguilhem, Karl Marx, Gaston Bachelard, Max Weber, Émile Durkheim, Erwin Panofsky, and Marcel Mauss. A notable influence on Bourdieu was Blaise Pascal, after whom Bourdieu titled his Pascalian Meditations.

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	Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste by Pierre Bourdieu, Richard Nice (Translator) 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 903 ratings — published 1979 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outline of a Theory of Practice by Pierre Bourdieu, Edmund Leach (Editor), Meyer Fortes (Editor) 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 473 ratings — published 1972 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Language and Symbolic Power by Pierre Bourdieu, John Thompson (Editor), Matthew Adamson (Translator) 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Field of Cultural Production by Pierre Bourdieu, Randal Johnson (Editor), Lawrence D. Kritzman (Editor) 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Logic of Practice by Pierre Bourdieu, Richard Nice (Translator) 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Television by Pierre Bourdieu, Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson (Translator) 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 1996 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Masculine Domination by Pierre Bourdieu, Richard Nice (Translator) 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1998 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology by Pierre Bourdieu, Loïc Wacquant, Loic J. D. Wacquant 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field by Pierre Bourdieu, Susan Emanuel (Translator) 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of the Market by Pierre Bourdieu, Richard Nice (Translator) 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars