Bourdieu in the Field

From the Béarn and to Algeria – A Timely Response

Bibliographic Data

ID12244346
AuthorsMichael Grenfell (0000-0002-2038-0317, University of Southampton, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume17
Issue2
Pages223-239
Publication date2006-05-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrench Cultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0957-1558 • E-ISSN: 1740-2352
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0957155806064537
OpenAlexW1507524971
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited19

This article considers the early work of the French social theorist Pierre Bourdieu as an ‘intellectual response’ to two primary life experiences: one in the Béarn and the other in Algeria. It draws attention to the structural homologies between the two areas: in particular, the way that temporal features offered a basis to a theory of practice which was extended and applied subsequently throughout Bourdieu's career. It includes a discussion of ‘time’ in his work, its ramifications, and the consequences the approach has for understanding social theory, and therefore action, in Bourdieusian terms. It illuminates the problems of each area and the solutions implied by this approach

Action (physics · Cultural capital · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Habitus · Practice theory · Social science · Social theory · Sociology · Mathematics · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Social and Cultural Dynamics

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