Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 09:36:07 -0500 (EST)
From: George Free <aw570-AT-freenet.toronto.on.ca>
Subject: Re: Bourdieu and structuralism


On Sun, 9 Feb 1997, jmh-AT-enter.net wrote:

> 
> Would you please kind me to Bourdieu" critique of Heidegger?  

	I was refering to Bourdieu's _The Political Ontology of Martin 
Heidegger_ Trans. P. Collier Stanford U. Press, 1991.
	This book is not so much a "critique"--at least not in the
traditional sense of assessing and responding to arguments pro and con re:
Heidegger's philosophical assertions. But rather a sociological reading
that attempts to explain important aspects of Heidegger's work by relating
it to the position he occupied in the philosophical field of Weimar
Germany. It does however have critical implications--namely, it dispells
the Heideggerian illusion of a pure philosophy. 


I
> do my research in the tradition of Heideggeian Hermeneutics, and am 
> intrigued by Bourdieu's work.  

	Another level to approach this on would be in terms of of a study
of interpretive methodology. Here Bourdieu's critique of traditional
literary hermeneutics would be relevant. This may be found at various
points throughout his work. Maybe someone can recommend a particularly
relevant passage? 


There was a wonderful message from 
> someone (you?) on this list a few weeks ago re Heidegger and 
> Bourdieu.  

	Don't remember anything along those lines. All posts to this list
are archived on the Spoon Collective Home page. I think 
<http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~spoons/index2.html> will get you 
there.

cheers,

George Free
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