After Bourdieu Influence, Critique, Elaboration

critical evaluations of his work, notably papers by Rodney Benson, 4 Rogers Brubaker, Nick Crossley, and John Myles. Indeed, it is the 1985 article by Rogers Brubaker that can truly be said to have served as one of the best introductions to Bourdieu’s tho

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After Bourdieu Influence, Critique, Elaboration

edited by

DAVID L. SWARTZ Sociology Department, Boston University and

VERA L. ZOLBERG Sociology Department, New School for Social Research

KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS NEW YORK, BOSTON, DORDRECHT, LONDON, MOSCOW

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Contents

Introduction: Drawing inspiration from Bourdieu / David L. Swartz and Vera L. Zolberg

1

Intellectual Origins & Orientations Chapter 1: In memoriam: Pierre Bourdieu 1930–2002 / David L. Swartz

17

Chapter 2: Rethinking classical theory: The sociological vision of Pierre Bourdieu / Rogers Brubaker

25

Chapter 3: Pierre Bourdieu and the sociology of religion: A central and peripheral concern / Erwan Dianteill

65

Chapter 4: Pierre Bourdieu: Economic models against economism / Frédéric Lebaron

87

Culture and Fields Chapter 5: Cultural capital in educational research: A critical assessment / Annette Lareau and Elliot B. Weininger

105

Chapter 6: Forms of politicization in the French literary field / Gisèle Sapiro

145

Chapter 7: Media meta-capital: Extending the range of Bourdieu’s field theory / Nick Couldry

165

Economics as a Cultural and Social Domain Chapter 8: Flesh and the free market: (On taking Bourdieu to the options exchange) / Richard Widick

193

vi Chapter 9: On the wealth of nations: Bourdieuconomics and social capital / Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen and Gert Tinggaard Svendsen

239

Culture and Politics Chapter 10: Haunted by the specter of communism: Collective identity and resource mobilization in the demise of the Workers Alliance of America / Chad Alan Goldberg

267

Chapter 11: Bourdieu’s political sociology and the politics of European integration / Niilo Kauppi

317

Chapter 12: From critical sociology to public intellectual: Pierre Bourdieu & politics / David L. Swartz

333

Subject index

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Introduction: Drawing inspiration from Bourdieu DAVID L. SWARTZ and VERA L. ZOLBERG

Recognition of a scholar’s contribution can take various forms, ranging from the perspective of the disciple to that of the critic. Disciples carry and propagate the faith, transmitting it to new generations. Whereas some offer valuable insights into the scholar’s thoughts and practices, there can be costs to discipleship. Defense of conceptual and methodological orthodoxy can stifle further intellectual development and lead to sectarian allegiance. By contrast, the critic brings assessment and evaluation, identifying those rough edges and slippery slopes where the disciple fears to tread. Criticism, properly conducted, identifies the