Pillars in the works of Loïc Wacquant

Against a fragmented reception

Bibliographic Data

ID4480955
AuthorsKristian Nagel Delica (0000-0001-8243-2330, Roskilde University, corresponding author), Christian Sandbjerg Hansen (0000-0002-2679-4588, Aarhus University)
Year2016
Volume137
Issue1
Pages39-54
Publication date2016-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThesis Eleven (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0725513616654797
OpenAlexW2463549179
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited45

The critical and polemic receptions of the work of Loïc Wacquant has been extensive, but to a large extent focused on specific works and colored by professional specialty, that is, in a word: fragmented. In counteracting that fragmented response, the article sheds light on the undercurrents in Wacquant's works by stressing four prominent and consistent features: his heritage from (and updating of) Bourdieu; his emphasis on and constant practice of theory (implicit as well as explicit); the distinct ethos with which he addresses political sociology (in the dual form of a sociology analyzing the effects of the political productions of populations categories and a so-called 'civic sociology'); and finally, the persistent and ubiquitous critique of everything in existence - a thematic indicator permeating each and every one of his works. Thus the article proposes a unifying reading of Wacquant as an interpretation advocating revitalization of a critical social science

Art · Political science · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Data Analysis and Archiving · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought

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