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social science subjects
politics and international relations
political science
key people in political science
Preferred term
Pierre Bourdieu
Definition
- 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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Date
- 1930-2002
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Pierre_Bourdieu
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