The Logic of Practice

Bourdieu, Pierre

ISBN 10: 0745610153 / ISBN 13: 9780745610153

Published by Polity, 1992

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Logic of Practice
• Publisher: Polity
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745610153
• ISBN 13: 9780745610153
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 510 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Now available in paperback, this book offers a major statement of Bourdieu's theoretical approach, illustrating it with examples from anthropology. It will consolidate his reputation as one of the most original and exciting theorists in the social sciences today.

Drawing on his own field work as well as a wide range of ethnographic and anthropological texts, Bourdieu unfolds a theoretical perspective which does justice to the practical logic of everyday action as well as the objective structures within which such action takes place. A thorough understanding of practice requires the anthropologist to move beyond objectivism and subjectivism and to grasp, by means of the concept of `habitus', the interplay of structures and practices in the ongoing conduct of everyday life.

About the Author

Pierre Bourdieu was Professor of Sociology at the Collège de France.