Download or read book Pierre Bourdieu: A Heroic Structuralism written by Jean-Louis Fabiani and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can one speak dispassionately about Pierre Bourdieu? Jean-Louis Fabiani’s book is an attempt to apply Bourdieu’s analytical tools to his own work. Testing their limitations and their potential ambiguity allows the author to shed new light on the social genesis of his main concepts and on the complex relationship between science and politics.