Homo Academicus
1. Edition September 1990
376 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-7456-0831-0
John Wiley & Sons
This highly acclaimed work, in which Pierre Bourdieu turns his
attention to the academic world and offers a brilliant analysis of
modern intellectual culture, is now available in paperback. The
academy is shown to be not just a realm of dialogue and debate, but
also a sphere of power in which reputations and careers are made,
defended and destroyed.
Bourdieu constructs a map of the intellectual field in France
and analyzes the forms of capital power, the lines of conflict and
the patterns of change which characterize the system of higher
education in France today.
Preface to the English Edition.
1. A "Book For Burning"?.
2. The Conflict of the Faculties.
3. Types of Capital and Forms of Power.
4. The Defence of the Corps and the Break in Equilibrium.
5. The Critical Moment.
Post-Script: The Categories of Professorial Judgement.
Appendices.
Notes.
Index.
1. A "Book For Burning"?.
2. The Conflict of the Faculties.
3. Types of Capital and Forms of Power.
4. The Defence of the Corps and the Break in Equilibrium.
5. The Critical Moment.
Post-Script: The Categories of Professorial Judgement.
Appendices.
Notes.
Index.
'There is a formidable mind at work in Homo Academicus and a
mordant sense of humour ... how far Bourdieu's model fits the
British academic world will no doubt fuel a good deal of argument
in senior common rooms this winter.' David Lodge, The
Guardian
'A magnificent analysis of French intellectual life. Based on
extensive survey work ... it is also informed by an acute
intelligence.' New Statesman and Society
'Bourdieu's study, Homo Academicus has been on the best
seller list in Paris. It will soon become a reference book, a
fundamental contribution to the study of higher education.'
Higher Education in France
'Thorough and incisive.' Anthropology in Action
mordant sense of humour ... how far Bourdieu's model fits the
British academic world will no doubt fuel a good deal of argument
in senior common rooms this winter.' David Lodge, The
Guardian
'A magnificent analysis of French intellectual life. Based on
extensive survey work ... it is also informed by an acute
intelligence.' New Statesman and Society
'Bourdieu's study, Homo Academicus has been on the best
seller list in Paris. It will soon become a reference book, a
fundamental contribution to the study of higher education.'
Higher Education in France
'Thorough and incisive.' Anthropology in Action
Pierre Bourdieu was Professor of Sociology at the Collège de France
