Pierre Bourdieu: Bloomsbury Library of Educational Thought
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Overview
The French social theorist Pierre Bourdieu was a key thinker about education and educational processes in the second half of the twentieth century. He made his name in seminal texts such as The Inheritors and Reproduction in which he analysed academic discourse and showed how differences in cultural capital led to different outcomes for those who passed through school and university. His concepts of Habitus and Field have since been used extensively in educational research.
This book begins by setting his intellectual development within his own biography and then discusses each of his major works on education in turn: from the early studies of students and their learning to later analyses of the French academic space and the elite training colleges. There is also critical discussion of a range of commentators’ views on this approach. The book concludes with a series of applications of Bourdieusian thinking on various educational topics: teacher education, classroom discourse, higher education and policy. No educational discussion is complete without consideration from a Bourdieusian perspective. This book shows how and why.
An overview and synthesis of Pierre Bourdieu’s influential educational thought in one volume, including coverage of the reception and influence of his work and its relevance today.
Written by a leading internationally recognised philosopher of education
Brings together the work and thinking of Bourdieu, an influential yet often misunderstood scholar, into applicable theory for education students
Examines the depth and range of Bourdieu’s ideas and their significance for modern educational thought enabling us to make sense of his work as a whole.
Provides both a useful overview and synthesis of Bourdieu’s key work in the field in one definitive volume, saving students valuable research time
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I
1. Bourdieu - Personally Speaking
Part II
2. Algeria
3. Education and Training
4. Media and Culture
Part III
5. Economics
6. Acts of Resistance
7. Raison d’Etre
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
The work of Michael Grenfell is essential reading for anyone wishing to learn about Pierre Bourdieu’s ideas - nobody understands field theory better or deeper. This book is invaluable: not only will it teach you about Bourdieu’s sociology and its impact on the social sciences, it will also change the way you see the social world.
- Title: Pierre Bourdieu
- Authors: Richard Bailey, Michael James Grenfell
- Series: Bloomsbury Library of Educational Thought
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 288
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781441135810, 9781472518743, 1472518748, 1441135812
- Resource ID: LLS:9781441135810
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T10:15:35Z
Michael James Grenfell is Chair of Education and Head of School at the University of Stirling, UK. He has also held Chairs at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland and the University of Southampton, UK. He is the author of several research articles and books including: Pierre Bourdieu: Agent Provocateur (2004); Art Rules: Bourdieu and the Visual Arts (with C. Hardy, 2007); Bourdieu, Language and Linguistics (2011); Language, Ethnography and Education (2012); and Bourdieu: Key Concepts (2012).