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Pierre Bourdieu  

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  • Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002), an internationally renowned French social scientist, is important in the history of social theory in general and the sociology of education in particular. First, he spelled out the principles of generative structuralism, a perspective that primarily aims at overcoming the dichotomy between social physics and social phenomenology. [Source: Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide; Bourdieu, Pierre]

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  • 1930-2002

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