Subject: Jeannine Verdès-Leroux's book Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 19:21:28 +0200 <html><div style='background-color:'><P>Dear friends,</P> <P>There is a recent book by <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=3>Jeannine Verdès-Leroux, with a gruesome title, "<FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Deconstructing Pierre Bourdieu</SPAN>: </FONT><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Against Sociological Terrorism from the Left"... I didn't read the book, yet from what I heard (and read) it appears to be another scholastic (maybe right-wing) attempt to discredit Bourdieu. There are also such stupid praises of this book - again, I don't know what Verdès-Leroux is exactly doing in the book: "French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu stands for the European form of Clinton-style big-government spending.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>World-famous in sociology and philosophy circles, he has been untouchable – until now.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Author Verd<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=3>è</FONT></SPAN>s-Lerroux paints a highly charged portrait, denouncing his militancy, hypocrisy, elitism and shallowness.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Witty, sharp and rigorous, the author gives ammunition against Clinton-style mumbo-jumbo. If you hate Clinton, you will love this book." (Sounds like Hollywood's blockbuster movie ads...)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=3><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">I wondered if anyone read the book... </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=3><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">best,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=3><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Emrah Goker, Department of Sociology, Columbia University</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=3><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN><BR> </P></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></html> ********************************************************************** Contributions: bourdieu-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu Commands: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu Requests: bourdieu-approval-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
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