{"product_id":"pierre-bourdieu-and-democratic-politics-9780745634876","title":"Pierre Bourdieu and Democratic Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* First systematic presentation of Bourdieu's views on democratic politics.  * The volume includes two key essays by Bourdieu on the political field and political representation, and a very influential essay by Bourdieu and Wacquant on the dangers of American cultural imperialism in the intellectual world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Many were surprised during the 1990s by Pierre Bourdieu’s increasingly open and direct engagement in democratic politics. The present collection helps to explain the intellectual roots of this engagement – which lie deep in Bourdieu’s theory – as well as its significance. Both Bourdieu’s contributions to political understanding and this book’s contributions to understanding Bourdieu are of enduring value.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCraig Calhoun, \u003ci\u003eSocial Science Research Council\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Can Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology contribute anything distinctive to our understanding of democratic politics? This scintillating volume answers with a resounding ‘yes,’ as the contributors tease out the as-yet-unappreciated political implications of the French sociologist’s signature concepts.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Fraser, \u003ci\u003eNew School for Social Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Symbolic Power and Democratic Practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Pointers on Pierre Bourdieu and Democratic Politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Loïc Wacquant).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 From the King's House to the Reason of State: A Model of the Genesis of the Bureaucratic Field.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Pierre Bourdieu).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Mystery of Ministry: From Particular Wills to the General Will.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Pierre Bourdieu).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Scholarship with Commitment: On the Political Engagements of Pierre Bourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Franck Popupeau and Thierry Discepolo).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Ancien Régime Ballots: A Double Historicization of Electoral Practices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Olivier Christin).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Making the People Speak: On the Social Uses of and Reactions to Opinion Polls.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Patrick Champagne).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Symbolic Power in the Rule of the \"State Nobility\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Loïc Wacquant).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Making and Breaking of the Czechoslovak Political Field.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Gil Eyal).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Cunning of Imperialist Reason.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Pierre Bourdieu and Loïc Wacquant).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Writings of Pierre Bourdieu on Democratic Politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404371272023,"sku":"9780745634876","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pierre-bourdieu-and-democratic-politics-9780745634876","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}