Pierre Bourdieu e Raymond Williams

Raymond Leslie Williams

Colombia’s literature is one of its most revered national treasures, yet, paradoxically, it is generally less known outside of its national boundaries than are its internationally recognized visual artists, performance artists, soccer players, and even drug traffickers. Since the 1970s, this international ignorance with respect to Colombian literature has gradually changed, primarily because of...

Pierre Bourdieu as a Post - cultural Theorist

Pierre Bourdieu is without a doubt one of the main figures in the sociological study of culture today. Yet, for a theorist so central to the subject matter of cultural studies, it is clear that there is no coherent account of Bourdieu’s stance in relation to the ‘concept of culture’ among current commentators. More importantly, in the sister-discipline of anthropology, Bourdieu’s is thought of ...

Pierre Bourdieu and the Epistemic Conditions of Social Scientific Knowledge

Pierre Bourdieu’s “epistemic reflexivity” is the cornerstone of his intellectual enterprise, underpinning his claims to provide distinctive and scientific knowledge of the social world. This article considers what this notion offers for research and how it needs to be developed further to underpin progress in social science. Many reflexive research practices are sociological, individualistic, a...

For Charles Swann and Raymond Williams LITERARY THEORY

an introduction to the sociology of pierre bourdieu

the purpose of this article is to introduce the thoughts of pierre bourdieu, admittedly one of the greatest sociologists of the 20th century. his works, produced within the last three decades, go beyond conventional sociological research, making a fruitful theoretical contribution to sociology. his sociology is based on a basic idea: social reality lies neither on individuals nor on groups, but...