Bourdieu, Pierre

Bourdieu, Pierre
born Aug. 1, 1930, Denguin, France
died Jan. 23, 2002, Paris

French sociologist and public intellectual.

Bourdieu introduced the concept of cultural capital, wealth based on social status and education, noting that success in school and society depends largely on the individual's ability to absorb the cultural ethos, or what he termed habitus, of the dominant class. Influenced by structuralism, he suggested that habitus is similar to yet more fundamental than a language. His works include The Algerians (1962), Outline of a Theory of Practice (1977), Distinction (1984), and Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of the Market (1998).

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      French sociologist (b. Aug. 1, 1930, Denguin, France—d. Jan. 23, 2002, Paris, France), was a public intellectual in the tradition of Émile Zola and Jean-Paul Sartre. Bourdieu's concept of habitus (socially acquired dispositions) was influential in recent postmodernist humanities and social sciences. He taught at a lycée in Moulins (1955–58), the University of Algiers (1958–60), the University of Paris (1960–64), and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (from 1964)—where he established the Centre for the Sociology of Education and Culture—and the Collège de France (from 1982). Bourdieu's experience in Algeria resulted in Sociologie de l'Algérie (1958; The Algerians, 1962), which established his reputation. His works—La Distinction (1979; Distinction, 1984), Le Sens pratique (1980; The Logic of Practice, 1990), La Noblesse d'état (1989; The State Nobility, 1996), and Sur la télévision (1996; On Television, 1998)—criticized neoliberal economics, globalization, the intellectual elite, and television. Bourdieu was editor of the journal Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales, and in 1989 he founded the review Liber. A 2001 documentary film about Bourdieu, Sociology Is a Combat Sport, was a surprise hit in France.

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