Sociology is a Martial Art -Pierre Bourdieu

Description: opposition of objectivist (Marxist) and subjectivist (Weberian) theories of class. In the late nineties he became something of a celebrity scholar, one of the world's most important academics actively associated with the anti-globalization movement. Bourdieu himself argued that scholars and writers could and should bring their specialized knowledge to bear on social and political issues. His powerful critiques of the neoliberal revolution were the natural outgrowth of a lifetime of ...