Firing Back: Against the Tyranny of the Market 2

by Pierre Bourdieu

Book Overview

Pierre Bourdieu, described by The Nation as worthy of the militant mantle of Sartre and Foucault, here continues the themes advanced so successfully in his previous book Acts of Resistance. Firing Back is an eloquent dissection of globalization's intellectual and cultural role throughout the world, and a discussion of the ways in which effective opposition to it can be mounted. Bourdieu examines Europe's potential as a counterweight to America's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565847385
• ISBN13: 9781565847385
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.3"