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 provide 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.
