An accessible and readable introduction to Bourdieu s work, this book places him in intellectual and historical context, and shows how Bourdieu is best understood as a cultural analyst. It traces his development from his early work on education to his relationship to cultural sociology and cultural studies. The book also gives detailed examples, drawn from Bourdieu s own work, to show how he makes sense of contemporary culture. Robbins guides the reader authoritatively through Bourdieu s wide-ranging body of ...
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An accessible and readable introduction to Bourdieu s work, this book places him in intellectual and historical context, and shows how Bourdieu is best understood as a cultural analyst. It traces his development from his early work on education to his relationship to cultural sociology and cultural studies. The book also gives detailed examples, drawn from Bourdieu s own work, to show how he makes sense of contemporary culture. Robbins guides the reader authoritatively through Bourdieu s wide-ranging body of theoretical and analytical work and offers a framework within which the most recent aspects of that work can be understood.
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