Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002

Practical reason : on the theory of action / Pierre Bourdieu. - xi, 153 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Social Space and Symbolic Space -- The "Soviet" Variant and Political Capital -- The New Capital -- Social Space and Field of Power -- Rethinking the State: Genesis and Structure of the Bureaucratic Field -- The Family Spirit -- Is a Disinterested Act Possible? -- The Economy of Symbolic Goods -- Remarks on the Economy of the Church -- The Scholastic Point of View -- A Paradoxical Foundation of Ethics -- Index. 1. App. 2. App. 3. App. 4. 5. App. 6.

This work by Pierre Bourdieu develops the anthropological theory which has formed the basis of his scientific research. It discusses the problems posed by "structuralist" philosophers in order to solve or dissolve them.

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Action theory
Sociology--Philosophy.
Practical reason
Social action
Reason

HM585 / .B6813 1998

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