Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 18:52:48 -0800
From: djones-AT-uclink.berkeley.edu (rakesh bhandari)
Subject: analytical paper: historical specificity


Hello,
I am reading Bourdieu in a sociology class this summer; I submitted this
one line proposal for a short, six-page paper. I am open to suggestions. As
indicated, I am especially interested in a close reading of The Critique of
Theoretical Reason in Logic of Practice.

Rakesh Bhandari
UC Berkeley


I want to critically analyze the adequacy of Bourdieu's general concepts of
the flow of time, economic logic and capital (in its various forms) for the
determination of the basic structures of modern society. I shall focus on
the first part of the *Logic of Practice*.

Secondary sources include

Craig Calhoun, 1993. "Habitus, Field and Capital: The Question of Historical
  Specificity." In Bourdieu: Critical Perspectives, ed. Craig Calhoun, Edward
  LiPluma and Moishe Postone. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press): 61-88
Moishe Postone, 1993. Time, Labor and Social Domination: a critical
  reinterpretation of Marx's critical theory. (Cambridge: University of
  Cambridge Press).
Patrick Murray, 1989. Marx's Theory of Scientific Knowledge. (Atlantic
  Highlands, N: Humanities Press).
David P. Levine, 1997. "Knowing and Acting: on uncertainty in economics".
  Review of Political Economy, Vol. 9, Number 1: 5-17



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