The Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu

Critical Essays

Edited by Simon Susen, Bryan S. Turner

Publication date:

15 April 2011

Publisher

Anthem Press

Dimensions:

229x153mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780857287687

These critical essays bring together prominent scholars in the social sciences to consider the diverse nature of the legacy of Pierre Bourdieu in contemporary social theory. In offering a range of perspectives on the continuing relevance of Bourdieu’s sociology, the essays of this volume examine Bourdieu’s relationship to both classical and contemporary social theory. This collection constructs an intellectual bridge between French-speaking and English-speaking accounts of Bourdieu’s work.

‘Introduction: Preliminary Reflections on the Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu’, Simon Susen and Bryan S. Turner; ‘Between Structuralism and Theory of Practice: The Cultural Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu’, Hans Joas and Wolfgang Knöbl (Translated by Alex Skinner); ‘Pierre Bourdieu: Unorthodox Marxist?’, Bridget Fowler; ‘From Marx to Bourdieu: The Limits of the Structuralism of Practice’, Bruno Karsenti (Translated by Simon Susen); ‘Durkheim and Bourdieu: The Common Plinth and its Cracks’, Loïc Wacquant (Translated by Tarik Wareh); ‘With Weber Against Weber: In Conversation With Pierre Bourdieu’, Pierre Bourdieu, Franz Schultheis, and Andreas Pfeuffer (Translated by Simon Susen); ‘Bourdieu and Nietzsche: Taste as a Struggle’, Keijo Rahkonen; ‘Elias and Bourdieu’, Bowen Paulle, Bart van Heerikhuizen, and Mustafa Emirbayer; ‘Bourdieu and Adorno on the Transformation of Culture in Modern Society: Towards a Critical Theory of Cultural Production’, Simon Susen; ‘The Grammar of an Ambivalence: On the Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu in the Critical Theory of Axel Honneth’, Mauro Basaure; ‘Pierre Bourdieu and the Sociology of Religion’, Bryan S. Turner; ‘Bourdieu’s Sociological Fiction: A Phenomenological Reading of Habitus’, Bruno Frère; ‘Overcoming Semiotic Structuralism: Language and Habitus in Bourdieu’, Hans-Herbert Kögler; ‘Social Theory and Politics: Aron, Bourdieu and Passeron, and the Events of May 1968’, Derek Robbins; ‘Intellectual Critique and the Public Sphere: Between the Corporatism of the Universal and the “Realpolitik” of Reason’, Yves Sintomer; ‘Practice as Temporalisation: Bourdieu and Economic Crisis’, Lisa Adkins; ‘Afterword: Concluding Reflections on the Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu’, Simon Susen; Index of Names; Index of Subjects

‘This is a very impressive and rich collection […] a major contribution to the rich field of Bourdieusian analysis’ —Elizabeth B. Silva, ‘Journal of Classic Sociology’