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Routledge
264 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
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Throughout his career, French philosopher Pierre Bourdieu sought to interrogate what he described as the 'social unconscious', the means by which power is held and transmitted across generations. Bourdieu's work has been hugely influential in disciplines across the social sciences and humanities for decades, yet Schirato and Roberts argue that few scholars are using his work to its full potential.... Read more
1. Antecedents and trajectories
2. Scholarly trajectory
3. Education, socio-cultural reproduction and class
4. Distinction
5. The habitus
6. Cultural field
7. Cultural capital
8. Symbolic power
9. The logic of practice
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
2. Scholarly trajectory
3. Education, socio-cultural reproduction and class
4. Distinction
5. The habitus
6. Cultural field
7. Cultural capital
8. Symbolic power
9. The logic of practice
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Tony Schirato is Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Macau, and formerly taught at Victoria University Wellington in New Zealand, and at Central Queensland University in Australia. He is co-author of introductions to Bourdieu, Foucault and Judith Butler, and author of Understanding Sports Culture and Sports Discourse.
Mary Roberts is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Macau.
