Previous ed.: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-284) and index.

Cover Page
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Preface to the second edition
Introduction
Part I Biography, theory and practice
Introduction
1 Biography
2 Theory of practice
Part II Field theory – beyond subjectivity and objectivity
Introduction
3 Habitus
4 Field
Part III Field mechanisms
Introduction
5 Social class
6 Capital
7 Doxa
8 Hysteresis
Part IV Field conditions
Introduction
9 Interest
10 Conatus
11 Suffering/symbolic violence
12 Reflexivity
Part V Applications
Introduction
13 Methodology
14 Social space
15 Politics
Conclusion
Chronology of life and work
Bibliography
Index

The French social philosopher Pierre Bourdieu is now recognised as one of the major thinkers of the twentieth century. In a career of over fifty years, Bourdieu studied a wide range of topics: education, culture, art, politics, economics, literature, law, and philosophy. Throughout these studies, Bourdieu developed a highly specialised series of concepts that he referred to as his "thinking tools", which were used to uncover the workings of contemporary society. Pierre Bourdieu: Key Concepts highlights his most important concepts and examines them in detail. Each chapter deals with an individual concept and is written to be of immediate use to the student with little or no previous knowledge of Bourdieu. This new edition of the leading text is entirely revised and updated and includes new essays on Methodology, Politics and Social Space.