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Bourdieu in the Field: From the Bearn to Algeria - A Timely Response

Bourdieu in the Field: From the Bearn to Algeria - A Timely Response
Bourdieu in the Field: From the Bearn to Algeria - A Timely Response
This article considers the early work of the French social theorist, Pierre Bourdieu as an ‘intellectual response’ to two primary life experiences: one in the Béarn and the other in Algeria. It draws attention to the structural homologies between the two areas; in particular, the way that temporal features offered a basis to a theory of practice which was extended and applied subsequently throughout Bourdieu’s career. It includes a discussion of ‘time’ in his work, its ramifications and the consequences the approach has for understanding social theory, and therefore action, in Bourdieusian terms. It illuminates the problems of each area and the solutions implied by this approach.
Béarn, Algeria, Bourdieu, time, education, civilisation, colonies, regions, France, sociology, politics, modernity
0957-1558
223-240
Grenfell, Michael J.
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Grenfell, Michael J.
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Grenfell, Michael J. (2006) Bourdieu in the Field: From the Bearn to Algeria - A Timely Response. French Cultural Studies, 17 (2), 223-240. (doi:10.1177/0957155806064537).

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This article considers the early work of the French social theorist, Pierre Bourdieu as an ‘intellectual response’ to two primary life experiences: one in the Béarn and the other in Algeria. It draws attention to the structural homologies between the two areas; in particular, the way that temporal features offered a basis to a theory of practice which was extended and applied subsequently throughout Bourdieu’s career. It includes a discussion of ‘time’ in his work, its ramifications and the consequences the approach has for understanding social theory, and therefore action, in Bourdieusian terms. It illuminates the problems of each area and the solutions implied by this approach.

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Published date: June 2006
Keywords: Béarn, Algeria, Bourdieu, time, education, civilisation, colonies, regions, France, sociology, politics, modernity

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Local EPrints ID: 39168
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/39168
ISSN: 0957-1558
PURE UUID: 6af3cfc1-a2b3-4d3d-9bdb-967f20efaccc
ORCID for Michael J. Grenfell: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2038-0317

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Date deposited: 21 Jun 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:41

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Author: Michael J. Grenfell ORCID iD

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