From: "Reza" <nreza-AT-nreza.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: "Le cas Bourdieu" - Elements on the current controversy on PB
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 23:01:12 +0100


To know more about the French media and the undelying forces behind the
titles I suggest to
read "Les Nouveaux Chiens de Guard" by Serge Halimi, himself a journalist
writting for
"Le Monde Diplomatique" (which has played a very important role in the
current debate).

Reza


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From: Allon Uhlmann <Allon.Uhlmann-AT-anu.edu.au>
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Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 2:41 AM
Subject: Re: "Le cas Bourdieu" - Elements on the current controversy on PB


>Hi,
>
>Thanks Olivier for the excerpts from Le Monde.
>
>I'm afraid I have missed some of the recent conversation on the list on
>these matters, so those of you who are following the fracas might be aware
>of this reference already.  I came across a journal called "L'evenement du
>jeudi" which in its 27 Aug-2 Sep edition purports to cover the debate.  It
>carries an "interview" with J Verdes-Leroux, (an extremely underwhelming
>mutual gratification between an interviewer and interviewee who excite one
>another into a frenzy of sorts), as well as other stuff which seemed to
>amount to a smear campaign against Bourdieu -- different perspectives about
>Bourdieu were covered there, perspectives which at time appear a bit
>contradictory (e.g. that his sociology is essentially a sham, or that his
>sociology is OK but does not justify his political action, or that
>regardless of his sociology, the long-dead intellectual heros of his time
>didn't really like him...) but have one thing in common, namely they
>criticise Bourdieu.  Some of these criticisms verge on the downright stupid
>(e.g. Jacques Attali's -- the guy must be hallucinating or something).
>
>Incidentally, does anybody know who owns that journal or what its political
>identification/affiliation is?  I know very little about the French media.
>
>Cheers,
>A.
>
>
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