{"product_id":"the-weight-of-the-world-9780745615936","title":"The Weight of the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA major new work by Pierre Bourdieu and his associates: Bourdieu is one of the leading sociologists in the world today.   This book documents the accounts of ordinary people as they struggle to survive and to make ends meet, describing the forms of social suffering, hopelessness and despair which are pervasive features of life on the margins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A monumental study of social exclusion. It is not a dry academic tome, but includes photographs and first-hand accounts ... it captures the complexity of social exclusion and how it becomes fixed.' \u003ci\u003eGeoff Mulgan, The New Statesman and Society\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \"I was immediately taken with the richness and depth of this analysis of the social suffering of the lives or ordinary men and women, and I felt this introduced me to a Bourdieu that I had not come across before ... This collection of ethnographic writing masterfully captures the realities of our social world, and provides what feels like a refreshingly realistic representation of people's lived experiences ... The Weight of the World is essential reading for anyone, sociologically inclined or otherwise, who is interested in reading others' accounts of their lives and who is also ready to reflect on these and on the politics of life more generally.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNetwork\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Researcher's Choice for Desert Island Discourse\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e 'It cannot fail to be provocative.'\u003ci\u003e Derek Robbins, University of East London, The Times Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e 'This book on the masses certainly has the potential to be a book for the masses ... \u003ci\u003eThe Weight of the World\u003c\/i\u003e shows that a critical sociology of suffering does not have to indulge in miserabilism to be effective.' \u003ci\u003eEuropean Journal of Social Theory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e '\u003ci\u003eThe Weight of the World \u003c\/i\u003eis a bracing tonic if you've drunk too much New Labour champagne. Our masters insist that all will be well if only people get jobs, take risks, and behave well as husbands and wives. Pierre Bourdieu and his colleagues show how hard it is to do so ... it teaches an important lesson in humanity.' \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslator's Preface. \u003cp\u003eTo The Reader: Pierre Bourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Space of Points of View: Pierre Bourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJonquil Street: Pierre Bourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Displaced Family: Abdelmalek Sayad.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEveryone in a Place of their Own: Rosine Christin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe View from the Media: Patrick Champagne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Order of Things: Pierre Bourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Integrated Family: Patrick Champagne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Bad Investment: Gabrielle Balazs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRenovation: Gabrielle Balazs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Last Difference: Patrick Champagne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSite Effects: Pierre Bourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerica as Social Dystopia: The Politics of Urban Disintegration: Loic Wacquant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInside \"The Zone\": the Social Art of the Hustler in the American Ghetto: Loic Wacquant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHomeless in El Barrio: Philippe Bougois.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Abdication of the State: Pierre Bourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Impossible Mission: Pierre Bourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstitutional Bad Faith: Pierre Bourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDouble Binds: Pierre Bourdieu and Gabrielle Balasz.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe View from the State: Patrick Champagne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Costs' and 'Benefits' of Immigration: Abdelmalek Sayad.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisorder Amongst Agents of Order: Remi Lenoir.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWoman and Cop: Remi Lenoir.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Living Reproach: Remi Lenoir.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Way Down.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePermanent and Temporary Workers: Michel Pialoux and Stephane Beaud.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Old Worker and the New Plant: Michel Pialoux.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Temp's Dream: Stephane Beaud.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorking Nights: Rosine Christin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePossession: Rosine Christin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe End of a World: Pierre Bourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Shop Steward's World in Disarray: Michel Pialoux.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Stolen Work: Sandrine Garcia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Silent Witness: Rosine Christin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuch a Fragile Equilibrium: Pierre Bourdieu and Gabrielle Balazs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHanging by a Thread: Pierre Bourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Life Wasted: Pierre Bourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Way Down: Patrick Champagne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBroken Careers: Louis Pinto.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOutcasts on the Inside: Pierre Bourdieu and Patrick Champagne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThose Were the Days: Pierre Bourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParadise Lost: Sylvain Broccolichi.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCogs in the Machine: Sylvain Broccolichi and Francoise Œuvrard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Double Life: Rosine Christin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrench Class: Rosine Christin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Upper Hand: Sylvain Broccolichi.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstitutional Violence: Gabrielle Balazs and Abdelmalek Sayad.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Contradictions of Inheritance: Pierre Bourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcademic Destiny: Alain Accardo.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Compromising Success: Charles Soulie.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Spirit of Contradiction: Emmanuel Bourdieu and Denis Podalydes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWife and Collaborator: Jean-Pierre Faguer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Curse: Abdelmalek Sayad.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmancipation: Abdelmalek Sayad.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sick Person as Object: Francois Bonvin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolitude: Gabrielle Balazs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding: Pierre Bourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostScriptum: Pierre Bourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404344140119,"sku":"9780745615936","price":23.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745615936.jpg?v=1730486163","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-weight-of-the-world-9780745615936","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}