Pierre Bourdieu
(1930-2002) French sociologist, his works include: La Distinction (1979), English: Distinction. A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste (1987); Language and Symbolic Power (1991); Contre-Feux (1998), English: Counterfire: Against the Tyranny of the Market (2003).
Eurozine Articles
In Algeria: Apprenticeship in a sociological laboratory
Pierre Bourdieu in conversation with Franz Schultheis
"I was lucky enough to witness problems of metaphysical consequence pose themselves in concrete life." Pierre Bourdieu describes how his period in Algeria informed his understanding of concepts such as work, leisure, and career. [more]





