Bourdieus Field Theory and the Social Sciences Gebunden

Highlighting the conceptual work at the heart of Pierre Bourdieüs reflexive sociology this cutting edge collection operationalizes Bourdieusian concepts in field analysis. Offering a unique range of explorations and reflections utilizing field analysis the eighteen chapters by prominent Bourdieusian scholars and early career scholars synthesize key insights and challenges scholars face when going ¿beyond the fields we know¿. The chapters offer examples from discipline contexts as diverse as cultural studies poetry welfare systems water management education journalism and surfing and pro vide demonstrations of theorizing within practical examples of field analysis. One of the foremost social philosophers and sociologists of the twentieth century Bourdieu is widely known in cultural studies and education and his approaches are increasingly being taken up in health social work anthropology family studies journalism communication studies and other disciplines where an analysis of the interplay between individuals and social structures is relevant. With its unique interdisciplinary focus this book provides a useful guide to doing field analysis and working with Bourdieusian methods research as well as key reading for methodology courses at post-graduate level.