Description
Book SynopsisThis is a self-analysis of the French academic world which examines the social background and practical activities of academics - their social origins and current positions, how much they publish and where, their media appearances, political involvements, and so on.
Trade Review"This necessary, powerful, oblique, and misshapen book is part of a grand statement of the sociological imagination. . . . Bourdieu may now be handed the mantle of first
maître à penser in Paris." --
Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsList of graphs, classifications and tables; Acknowledgements; translator's note; preface to the english edition; 1. A 'book for burning'; 2. The conflict of the faculties; 3. Types of capital and forms of power; 4. The defence of the corps and the break in equilibrium; 5. The critical moment; Postscript; Appendices; Notes; Index.
