Forms of Capital: General Sociology, Volume 3: Lectures at the Collège de France 1983 - 84

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Pierre Bourdieu (College de France) Peter Collier

Forms of Capital

General Sociology, Volume 3: Lectures at the Collège de France 1983 - 84

Pierre Bourdieu (College de France), Peter Collier

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Polity Press
13 December 2024

Sociology & anthropology

This is the third of five volumes based on the lectures given by Pierre Bourdieu at the Collége de France in the early 1980s under the title General Sociology. In these lectures, Bourdieu sets out to define and defend sociology as an intellectual discipline; in doing so he introduces and clarifies all the key concepts for which he has become so well known, concepts that continue to shape the way that sociology is practised today.

In this volume, Bourdieu focuses on one of these key concepts, capital, which forms part of the trilogy of concepts – habitus, capital, field – that define the core of his theoretical approach. A field, as a social space of relatively durable relations between agents and institutions, is also a site of specific investments, which presupposes the possession of specific forms of capital and secures both material and symbolic profits. While there are many different forms of capital, two are fundamental and effective in all social fields: economic capital and cultural capital. These and other forms of capital exist only in relation to the fields in which they are deployed: the distribution of the forms and quantities of capital constitutes the structure of the field within which agents act and they confer power over the field, over the mechanisms that define the functioning of the field and over the profits engendered in the field – over, for example, the transmission of cultural capital in the educational system.

An ideal introduction to one of Bourdieu’s most important concepts, this volume will be of great interest to the many students and scholars who study and use Bourdieu’s work across the social sciences and humanities, and to general readers who want to know more about the work of one of the most important sociologists and social thinkers of the twentieth century.

By: Pierre Bourdieu (College de France)
Translated by: Peter Collier
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9781509565443
ISBN 10: 1509565442
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 13 December 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Editorial Note Lecture of 1 March 1984 Lecture of 8 March 1984 Lecture of 15 March 1984 Lecture of 22 March 1984 Lecture of 29 March 1984 Lecture of 19 April 1984 Lecture of 26 April 1984 Lecture of 3 May 1984 Lecture of 10 May 1984 Lecture of 17 May 1984 Situation of the third and later volumes by Julien Duval Appendix: Summary of lectures for 1983-1984, published in the Annuaire du Collège de France

Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) was one of the most influential sociologists and anthropologists of the late twentieth century. He was Professor of Sociology at the Collège de France and Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. His many works include Outline of a Theory of Practice, Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste, The Rules of Art, The Logic of Practice and Pascalian Meditations.

Reviews for Forms of Capital: General Sociology, Volume 3: Lectures at the Collège de France 1983 - 84

'Capital exists and functions only in relation to the field in which it operates: like trumps in a card game, it exerts power over this field, in particular over the materialized or incorporated instruments of production and reproduction whose distribution composes the very structure of the field, and over the regular patterns (or mechanisms) and the rules (or institutions) that define the ordinary functioning of the field; and thereby over the profits engendered in the field (for example, the cultural capital and the laws of transmission of cultural capital, as mediated by the educational system).' Pierre Bourdieu