Homo Academicus
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Book Overview
In this highly original work, Pierre Bourdieu turns his attention to the academic world of which he is part and offers a brilliant analysis of modern intellectual culture. The academy is shown to be... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0804714665
ISBN13:9780804714662
Release Date:January 1989
Publisher:Stanford University Press
Length:344 Pages
Weight:1.60 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Not an easy book, but if you are faculty or a graduate student you will find this book fascinating. Bourdieu's framework for understanding how seemingly irrational behavior makes sense to the natives is applied to a subject he knows well, French intellectuals. The result is a nice demonstration of his theoretical approach complimented by a sometimes biting insight into what motivated professional academics.
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