FrançaisConference : For an European literary space
2.02 - Pierre Bourdieu as intellectual and as sociologist of intellectuals
Author/s : Anna Boschetti
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The practices of Bourdieu as intellectual « engagé » can not be separated from the sociology of intellectuals that he elaborated. His theory makes it possible to think in a heuristic way questions such as the position of intellectuals in the social structure, their functions, their representations of themselves, the differences which can be observed according to the national traditions, according to the periods and according to the positions of the actors in the field/s where they are situated, as well as the myths, the errors and the abuses of their symbolic power to which the intellectuals are exposed. This paper outlines, at first, the main contributions of the sociology of intellectuals proposed by Pierre Bourdieu, then his practice as intellectual, while underlying the relations between the two aspects. Moreover, it tries to do it, as far as possible, « genetically », i.e. by pointing out the social conditions of possibility of the theoretical and practical position of Bourdieu
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Meetings
« Literary field » Network
May 14th-16th, 2008 - Humanities and social sciences in society
Dir. G. Sapiro - Université Paris Descartes
Publications & activities
On Bourdieu, Education and Society, By Derek Robbins
[27.9.2006] - Publications
The Bardwell Press is pleased to announce the publication of a major contribution to Bourdieu studies [...]
Bourdieu and the journalistic field
[14.11.2005] - Publications
Bourdieu and the Journalistic Field is an exciting new text which builds on and extends Pierre Bourdieu's impassioned critique of our media-saturated culture [...]
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