File spoon-archives/bourdieu.archive/bourdieu_1996/96-01-02.102, message 38


Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 16:59:59 -0500
From: mdeneire-AT-mtu.edu (marc deneire)
Subject: Re: intro. to B.



>At 03:14 PM 22/11/95 -0600, you wrote:
>>Can anyone suggest a ***clearly written*** introduction to the main
>>ideas/theories of Bourdieu?  This is probably asking too much, but an
>>intro. that contrasts Bourdieu with Marx would really be helpful.
>>
>>All suggestions appreciated.
>>Steve Halebsky
>
>You could try Richard Jenkins' _Pierre Boudieu_ (London: Routledge, 1992).
>
>All the best,
>
>Robert van Krieken

I read Jenkins' book a two years ago.  I do not remember why off the top of
my head but I found it VERY poor.  I would personally recommend Thompson's
introduction in "Language and Symbolic Power" even though it does not
address Bourdieu's "marxist inspirations."




   

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