Homo Academicus

by Pierre Bourdieu

Book Overview

In this highly original work, Pierre Bourdieu turns his attention to the academic world of which he is part and offers a brilliant analysis of modern intellectual culture. The academy is shown to be not just a realm of dialogue and debate, but also a sphere of power in which reputations and careers are made, defended and destroyed.

Employing the distinctive methods for which he has become well known, Bourdieu examines the social background...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804717982
• ISBN13: 9780804717984
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

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Not an easy book, but if you are faculty or a graduate student you will find this book fascinating. Bourdieu's framework for understanding how seemingly irrational behavior makes sense to the natives is applied to a subject he knows well, French intellectuals. The result is a nice demonstration of his theoretical approach complimented by a sometimes biting insight into what motivated professional academics.