Bourdieu and Historical Analysis
Philip S.
Gorski, Editor
Duke University Press
2013
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"This uncommonly
interesting set of essays will contribute to the growing appreciation,
and the productive use, of the resources contained in Bourdieu's
extraordinarily rich oeuvre for the theoretical analysis of historical
transformations."—Rogers Brubaker, author of Ethnicity without Groups
"In Bourdieu and Historical Analysis,
Philip S. Gorski and his fellow contributors reject both the
functionalist and structuralist perspectives that would view Bourdieu
strictly as a reproduction theorist. They demonstrate very convincingly
that Bourdieu should be seen instead as a theorist of historical
transformation. This volume makes a significant scholarly
contribution."—Johan Heilbron, author of The Rise of Social Theory
Présentation de l'éditeur
The French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu had a broader theoretical
agenda than is generally acknowledged. Introducing this innovative
collection of essays, Philip S. Gorski argues that Bourdieu's reputation
as a theorist of social reproduction is the misleading result of his
work's initial reception among Anglophone readers, who focused primarily
on his mid-career thought. A broader view of his entire body of work
reveals Bourdieu as a theorist of social transformation as well. Gorski
maintains that Bourdieu was initially engaged with the question of
social transformation and that the question of historical change not
only never disappeared from his view, but that it re-emerged with great
force at the end of his career.
The contributors to Bourdieu and Historical Analysis
explore this expanded understanding of Bourdieu's thought and its
potential contributions to analyses of large-scale social change and
historical crisis. Their essays offer a primer on his concepts and
methods, and relate them to alternative approaches, including rational
choice, Lacanian psychoanalysis, pragmatism, Latour's actor-network
theory, and the "new" sociology of ideas. Several contributors examine
Bourdieu's work on literature and sports. Others extend his thinking in
new directions, applying it to nationalism and social policy. Taken
together, the essays initiate an important conversation about Bourdieu's
approach to sociohistorical change.
Sommaire
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- Acknowledgments vii
- Introduction. Bourdieu as a Theorist of Change / Philip S. Gorski 1
- Part I. Situating Bourdieu
- 1. Metaprinciples for Sociological Research in a Bourdieusian Perspective / David L. Swartz 19
- 2. For the Social History of the Present: Bourdieu as Historical Sociologist / Craig Calhoun 36
- 3. Comparative and Transnational History and the Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu: Theory and Practice / Christophe Charle 67
- Part II. Theoretical Engagements
- 4. Rational Choice May Take Over / Ivan Ermakoff 89
- 5. Toward Socioanalysis: The "Traumatic Kernel" of Psychoanalysis and Neo-Bourdieusian Theory / George Steinmetz 108
- 6. Dewey and Bourdieu on Democracy / Mustafa Emirbayer and Erik Schneiderhan 131
- 7. Spaces Between Fields / Gil Eyal 158
- 8. Bourdieu's Two Sociologies of Knowledge / Charles Camic 183
- Part III. Historical Extensions
- 9. T. H. Marshall Meets
Pierre Bourdieu: Citizens and Paupers in the Development of the U. S.
Welfare State / Chad Alan Goldberg 215
- 10. Nation-ization Struggles: A Bourdieusian Theory of Nationalism / Philip S. Gorski 242
- 11. Structural History and Crisis Analysis: The Literary Field in France during the Second World War / Gisèle Sapiro 266
- 12. The Transmission of Masculinities: The Case of Early Modern France / Robert Nye 286
- 13. The Making of a Field with Weak Autonomy: The Case of the Sport Field in France, 1895–1955 / Jacques Defrance 303
- Conclusion. Bourdieusian Theory and Historical Analysis: Maps, Mechanisms, and Methods / Philip S. Gorski 327
- Appendix 1. English Translations of Bourdieu's Works 367
- Appendix 2. Original Publication Dates of Bourdieu''s Monographs 368
- Works Cited 369
- Contributors 409
- Index 413
Contributors. Craig
Calhoun, Charles Camic, Christophe Charle, Jacques Defrance, Mustafa
Emirbayer, Ivan Ermakoff, Gil Eyal, Chad Alan Goldberg, Philip S.
Gorski, Robert A. Nye, Erik Schneiderhan, Gisele Sapiro, George
Steinmetz, David Swartz
Philip S. Gorski is Professor of Sociology and of
Religious Studies at Yale University, where he directs the European and
Russian Studies Program and co-directs the Center for Comparative
Research and the MacMillan Initiative on Religion, Politics, and
Society. He is the author of The Protestant Ethic Revisited and The Disciplinary Revolution: Calvinism and the Rise of the State in Early Modern Europe.
