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Pierre BourdieuPierre Bourdieu

Pierre Bourdieu2005

Michael Grenfell

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"A major international reference series providing comprehensive accounts of the work of seminal educational thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines and traditions. It is the most ambitious and prestigious such project ever published - a definitive resource for at least a generation. The thinkers include: Aquinas, Aristotle, Bourdieu, Bruner, Dewey, Foucault, Freire, Holt, Kant, Locke, Montessori, Neill, Newman, Owen, Peters, Piaget, Plato, Rousseau, Steiner, Vygotsky, West and Wollstonecraft. Pierre Bourdieu is indisputably a major thinker in education. Michael Grenfell's volume offers the most coherent account of Bourdieu's educational thought. This work is divided into: Intellectual biography Critical exposition of Bourdieu's work The reception and influence of Bourdieu's work and The relevance of the work today."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

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First published
2005
OL Work ID
OL2007600W

Subjects

EducationSociologistsEducational sociologyPhilosophyCriticism and interpretationBiographySociologists, biographySociology, franceSociology, historyCivilization, modern, 20th centuryCivilization, philosophyEducation, philosophyGeneral

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