Political Interventions keyword-twentieth-century-history Douglas Kelner

Douglas Kelner

commitments and reflections on major historical events

Rejecting the dominant interpretation that theory is essentially a critique of capitalist society

‘something memorable on every page’—jump into their places like iron filings obeying the magnet

Political Interventions keyword-twentieth-century-history Douglas KelnerPierre Bourdieu, one of the most influential critical social theorists of the second half of the twentieth century, once described sociology as a combat sport. This comprehensive collection of his writings on politics and social science, from early 1960s articles on the Algerian War of Independence to the last text he published before his death, proves that this vision was enduring throughout his lifeas well as a serious scholar Bourdieu was always an