Pierre Bourdieu, sociologist: born Denguin, France 1 August 1930; Professor of Sociology, Collège de France 1981-2002; married 1962 Marie-Claire Brizard (three sons); died Paris 23 January 2002. Since ...

following a struggle with cancer. A professor at the Collège de France, Mr. Bourdieu was among the leading sociologists of his generation. His models of “habitus” and “cultural capital” sought to ...

Pierre Bourdieu, an internationally renowned French sociologist and philosopher who ventured outside the academic world to join protest movements, has died of cancer in Paris, his publisher said. He ...

Outgrowth of a conference held at the Center for Psychosocial Studies in Chicago, between 31 March and 2 April, 1989. Introduction : Bourdieu and social theory / Moishe Postone, Edward LiPuma, and ...

What can we learn from Pierre Bourdieu’s critique of Marxism? Why did the influential French sociologist reject Marx’s emphasis on labor and class struggle? Michael Burawoy lays out Bourdieu’s famous ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The works of Pierre Bourdieu, the French intellectual, have defined how I view my job as a journalist today.

A special programme on Pierre Bourdieu: Laurie Taylor explores the ideas and legacy of the French sociologist, best known for establishing the concepts of cultural, social, and symbolic forms of ...