Pascalian Meditations

by Pierre Bourdieu

Book Overview

A synthesis of forty years' work by France's leading sociologist, this book pushes the critique of scholarly reason to a new level. It is a brilliant example of Bourdieu's unique ability to link sociological theory, historical information, and philosophical thought.

Pascalian Meditations makes explicit the presuppositions of a state of "scholasticism," a certain leisure liberated from the urgencies of the world. Philosophers, unwilling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804733325
• ISBN13: 9780804733328
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"