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In his Introduction to this new translation of Otaka's Grundlegung der Lehre vom sozialen Verband, Derek Robbins suggests that assessing Otaka's text and its context contributes to an understanding of the development of Bourdieu's conceptual apparatus.

Through six articles written at intervals of about a decade between 1960 and 2020, this book provides an account of the author's developing political awareness during the period in the context of political events and changes. In this way the book illustrates the social origins of political attitudes, while, at the same time, the articles raise questions about the increasing dominance of political discourse in society. The book suggests that politics is now excessively managed by political professionals and that the challenge for reviving democratic participation is to restore the social dimension of state membership.

Derek Robbins here provides an abridged translation of Vers le style du XXe siècle, and he also examines the background to its production and its influence. How far can change be promoted just in a text? This is the question for our time as we assess competing visions of the 'new normal'

Derek Robbins here provides an abridged translation of Vers le style du XXe siècle, and he also examines the background to its production and its influence. How far can change be promoted just in a text? This is the question for our time as we assess competing visions of the 'new normal'.

The book discusses relations between philosophy and empirical social sciences through detailed analyses of the work of Schutz, Gurwitsch and Merleau-Ponty, and then explores the development of Bourdieu's sociological reflexivity as his attempt to reconcile this intellectualist legacy with social research and political action.

The Anthem Companion to Pierre Bourdieu' provides an introduction to the French sociologist's thought and an evaluation of the international significance of his work from a range of national perspectives. The contributions in the companion investigate the applicability of Bourdieu's theories and concepts in diverse sociopolitical contexts and consider the ways they can be said to possess universal validity. In examining Bourdieu on his own philosophical terms, this companion contributes to the general debate about the effects of the transnational and transcultural transfer of concepts generated in the West.