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1	Outline of a Theory of Practice more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu Outline of a theory of practice is recognized as a major theoretical text on the foundations of anthropology and sociology. Pierre Bourdieu, a distinguished French anthropologist, develops a theory of practice which is simultaneously a critique of the methods and postures of social science and a general account of how human action should be ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $24.98! \| SVS
2	The Field of Cultural Production more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu, Professor Lawrence D Kritzman (Editor), Professor Randal Johnson (Editor) Elaborating on a theory of the cultural field, this book situates artistic works within the social conditions of their production, circulation, and consumption. see all copies from $16.78! new only from $16.78! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Logic of Practice more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu Our usual representations of the opposition between the "civilized" and the "primitive" derive from willfully ignoring the relationship of distance our social science sets up between the observer and the observed. In fact, the author argues, the relationship between the anthropologist and his object of study is a particular instance of the ... see all copies from $18.25! new only from $20.71! \| first editions \| SVS
4	On Television more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu, Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson (Translator) This critical analysis of television and its effects on culture takes aim at the networks and their failure to provide the public with stimulating, broad-based programming. The author contends that the networks' dependence on ratings and the proliferation of celebrity reporting encourages ignorance and passivity, and has an adverse effect on ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of the Market more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu, Richard Nice (Translator) A devastating critique of free-market politics from distinguished sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. see all copies from $7.33! new only from $13.95! \| SVS
6	Reproduction: In Education, Society and Culture more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu, Jean Claude Passeron The way in which the ruling ideas of a social system are related to structures of class, production and power, and how these are legitimated and perpetuated, is fundamental to the sociological project. In this second edition of this classic text, which includes a new introduction by Pierre Bourdieu, the authors develop an analysis of education (in ... see all copies from $46.20! new only from $50.95! \| SVS
7	Masculine domination more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu Masculine domination is so anchored in our social practices and our unconscious that we hardly perceive it; it is so much in line with our expectations that we find it difficult to call into question. Bourdieu analyzes masculine domination as a prime example of symbolic violence--the kind of gentle, invisible, pervasive violence experienced ... see all copies from $14.99! new only from $16.21! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Academic Discourse: Linguistic Misunderstanding and Professorial Power more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu, Jean-Claude Passeron, Monique de Saint Martin In this innovative work on culture and education, Pierre Bourdieu and his associates examine the role of language and linguistic misunderstanding in the teaching contexts of higher education. see all copies from $9.99! new only from $21.76!
9	Practical Reason: On the Theory of Action more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu Do social classes really exist? Is disinterested action really possible? What do the family, the church, and the intellectual world have in common? Can morality be founded on hypocrisy? One of France's foremost social thinkers responds to these major questions and others. see all copies from $15.02! new only from $15.02! \| SVS
10	Firing Back: Against the Tyranny of the Market 2 more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu, Professor Loic Wacquant (Translator) A French scholar focuses on globalization's effects on the cultural and academic spheres. He suggests how Europe can mount a countervailing force against American hegemony, and assesses the changing role of academics and intellectuals in this new world order. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.04! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Pascalian meditations more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu A brilliant example of Bourdieu's unique ability to link sociological theory, historical information, and philosophical thought. see all copies from $13.00! new only from $17.92! \| SVS
12 view cover	State Nobility - Elite Schools in the Field of Power more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu Examining in detail the work of consecration carried out by elite education systems, Bourdieu analyzes the distinctive forms of power--political, intellectual, bureaucratic, and economic--by means of which contemporary societies are governed. see all copies from $19.14! new only from $22.21! \| SVS
13 view cover	The Weight of the World: Social Suffering in Contemporary Societies more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu Under the direction of Pierre Bourdieu, a team of 22 researchers spent three years studying and analyzing the new forces of social suffering that characterize contemporary societies. see all copies from $15.75! new only from $16.21! \| SVS
14 view cover	The Time of the Gypsies more books like this by Michael Stewart, John Comaroff (Editor), Professor Pierre Bourdieu (Editor) Until 1989 the official Communist policy in eastern Europe was to absorb Gypsies into the "ruling" working class. However, most Gypsies resisted assimilation. The core of this book, based on 18 months' observation of daily life in a Gypsy camp, describes the cultivation, celebration and reinvention of cultural difference and diversity by a people ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| SVS
15 view cover	Photography, a Middle-Brow Art more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu The everyday practice of photography by millions of amateur photographers may seem to be a spontaneous and highly personal activity. But France's leading sociologist and cultural theorist shows that few cultural activities are more structured and systematic than photography. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $19.21! \| SVS
16 view cover	Field of Cultural Production - Essays on Art and Literature more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu The Field of Cultural Production brings together Bourdieu's most important writings on art, literature and aesthetics. Bourdieu develops a highly original approach to the study of literary and artistic works, addressing many of the key issues that have preoccupied literary, art and cultural criticism in the late twentieth century: aesthetic value ... see all copies from $25.70! new only from $34.06! \| first editions
17 view cover	An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology more books like this by Pierre Boudieu, Professor Loic Wacquant, Professor Pierre Bourdieu This book is Pierre Bourdieu's' discourse on method': the first and only comprehensive introduction to, and overview of, the work of one of the world's most influential and imaginative social theorists. Systematic and accessible, it is the ideal entree into the core of Bourdieu's wide-ranging oeuvre. see all copies from $15.93! new only from $27.95! \| SVS
18 view cover	Language Symbolic Power P more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu, John Thompson (Editor), Gino Raymond (Translator) This volume brings together Bourdieu's highly original writings on language and on the relations among language, power, and politics. Bourdieu develops a forceful critique of traditional approaches to language, including the linguistic theories of Saussure and Chomsky and the theory of speech-acts elaborated by Austin and others. He argues that ... see all copies from $32.12! new only from $32.12! \| SVS
19 view cover	Rules of Art - Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu Written with verve and intensity (and a good bit of wordplay), this long-awaited study of Flaubert and the modern literary field constitutes the definitive work on the sociology of art by one of the world's leading social theorists. see all copies from $22.21! new only from $22.21! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Free Exchange more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu, Hans Haacke In this book, leading social thinker Pierre Bourdieu and the artist Hans Haacke discuss contemporary art and the relations between art, politics and society. Their dialogue ranges widely from censorship and obscenity to the social conditions of artistic creativity, and focusses on the central themes in the work of both authors. see all copies from $45.00!
21 view cover	The State Nobility: 'Grandes Ecoles' and Esprit de Corps more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu, Lauretta C Clough (Translator), Loic J D Wacquant (Foreword by) Examining in detail the work of consecration carried out by elite education systems, Bourdieu analyzes the distinctive forms of power--political, intellectual, bureaucratic, and economic--by means of which contemporary societies are governed. see all copies from $25.00! new only from $29.44! \| first editions
22 view cover	Science of Science and Reflexivity more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu, Richard Nice (Translator) Over the last four decades, the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu produced one of the most imaginative and subtle bodies of social theory of the postwar era. When he died two years ago, he was considered to be a thinker on a par with Foucault, Barthes, and Lacan--a public intellectual as influential to his generation as Sartre was to his. ... see all copies from $18.12! new only from $18.12! \| SVS
23 view cover	The Social Structures of the Economy more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu, Chris Turner (Translator) Much orthodox economic theory is based on assumptions which are treated as self-evident: supply and demand are regarded as independent entities, the individual is assumed to be a rational agent who knows his interests and how to make decisions corresponding to them, and so on. But one has only to examine an economic transaction closely, as Pierre ... see all copies from $21.71! new only from $21.71! \| SVS
24 view cover	The political ontology of Martin Heidegger more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu This book is an important and timely contribution to the debate concerning the relation between Heidegger's philosophy and his political affiliations to Nazism. But it is more than that: it is also a study, by the leading sociologist in France today, of some of the institutional mechanisms involved in the production of philosophical discourse. ... see all copies from $17.95! new only from $19.83! \| first editions
25	The Love of Art: European Art Museums and Their Public more books like this by Professor Pierre Bourdieu Museums and art galleries appear to be and would claim to be open to all, and yet, in fact, they are visited only by a small segment of the population. Who are those whose love of art brings them into museums? What distinguishes them from the majority of people who exclude themselves or who are effectively excluded? In this classic study, ... see all copies from $37.14! new only from $37.14!

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