The Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu: Critical Essays

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These critical essays bring together prominent scholars in the social sciences to consider the diverse nature of the legacy of Pierre Bourdieu in contemporary social theory. In offering a range of perspectives on the continuing relevance of Bourdieu's sociology, the essays of this volume examine Bourdieu's relationship to both classical and contemporary social theory. This collection constructs an intellectual bridge between French-speaking and English-speaking accounts of Bourdieu's work.

Simon Susen is Lecturer in Social and Political Theory at Birkbeck College, University of London. Bryan S. Turner is the Presidential Professor of Sociology and Director of the Committee on Religion at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, University of Western Sydney.

'This is a very impressive and rich collection [...] a major contribution to the rich field of Bourdieusian analysis' -Elizabeth B. Silva, 'Journal of Classic Sociology' '[Offers] ample evidence [...] of the continuing influence of Pierre Bourdieu a decade after his death in 2002. [...] The distinctive contribution of Susen and Turner's collection is that half of its chapters discuss Bourdieu in relation to another theorist [...].' -Arthur W. Frank, 'Canadian Journal of Sociology - Cahiers canadiens de sociologie' 'This collection of critical essays attempts to map out the influential "legacy" of the work of Pierre Bourdieu.' -Omar Lizardo, 'Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews' 'The individual contributions to this volume, it should be clear, have much to offer. On balance, this is a valuable contribution towards the critical appreciation of perhaps the most important sociologist of the past half century.' -Mathieu Desan, 'Thesis Eleven'