Category Archives: Pierre Bourdieu

Professors at the Collège de France 1985 – Bourdieu, Duby, Dumézil, Hadot, Veyne, et. al.

Posted on September 4, 2022 by stuartelden

This photograph of professors at the Collège de France is interesting, and I’m curious about who else is in here. It was posted on Twitter by Jorge Galindo, who indicates some of the people – a. Pierre Bourdieu b. Georges … Continue reading →

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Althusser’s 1963 Presentation of Bourdieu and Passeron – translated and introduced in Theory, Culture & Society

Posted on December 5, 2019 by stuartelden

On 6 December 1963 Pierre Bourdieu and Passeron gave a seminar at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. They were introduced by Louis Althusser, and his introduction, translated by Rachel Gomme, along with a commentary by Charlotte Branchu and Derek Robbins has been published in Theory, … Continue reading →

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Christian Laval, Bourdieu, Foucault et la question néolibérale – now published

Posted on March 1, 2018 by stuartelden

Christian Laval, Bourdieu, Foucault et la question néolibérale – forthcoming now out with La Découverte Deux des intellectuels français parmi les plus importants de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle, Michel Foucault et Pierre Bourdieu, ont choisi de caractériser – le … Continue reading →

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10 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in October (and Sept.)

Posted on November 13, 2017 by stuartelden

10 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in October (and Sept.) at Critical-Theory – Heidegger’s Black Notebooks, Lacan, Bourdieu, Derrida and more.

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TCS review of Pierre Bourdieu, On the State: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1989-1992

Posted on May 21, 2016 by stuartelden

TCS review of Pierre Bourdieu, On the State: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1989-1992 at the TCS website, by Rohit Chopra. Pierre Bourdieu’s On the State grapples with the unthinkability of the state, seeking to bring it within the … Continue reading →

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Johannes Angermuller, Why There Is No Poststructuralism in France – now out with Bloomsbury (and free download of introduction)

Posted on September 23, 2015 by stuartelden

Johannes Angermuller, Why There Is No Poststructuralism in France – now out with Bloomsbury (and free download of introduction). French thinkers such as Lacan and Derrida are often labelled as representatives of ‘poststructuralism’ in the Anglophone world. However in France, … Continue reading →

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Books received – Rancière Now, Badiou, Burke, Bourdieu, TCS and An Introduction to Political Geography

Posted on January 21, 2015 by stuartelden

Four books from Polity in recompense for review work; the new issue of TCS; and the second edition of An Introduction to Political Geography, which I endorsed.

Posted in Alain Badiou, Books, Jacques Rancière, Pierre Bourdieu, Theory, Culture and Society | 1 Comment

Pierre Bourdieu, On the State – forthcoming from Polity

Posted on January 3, 2015 by stuartelden

Pierre Bourdieu, On the State, three years worth of lectures at the Collège de France, is  forthcoming from Polity. I’ve never really got into Bourdieu’s work, so this might be a good opportunity – the blurb follows, but the detailed table of … Continue reading →

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Mike Gane interviewed by Baudrillard Studies

Posted on December 17, 2013 by stuartelden

Interesting interview with Mike Gane at Baudrillard Studies. It is especially good on the context of his early work in Sociology, reading Althusser and then Baudrillard. I knew that Lefebvre was on the jury for Baudrillard’s doctoral defence. I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Alex Jeffrey – The Improvised State

Posted on August 7, 2012 by stuartelden

Alex Jeffrey’s The Improvised State: Sovereignty, Performance and Agency in Dayton Bosnia will be available in print in October. You can read Chapter One here. The Improvised State provides a highly developed account of the nature and outcomes of Bosnian … Continue reading →

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