Pierre Bourdieu

Sociology French 1930 – 2002 102 quotes

Developed concepts of habitus, capital (economic, social, cultural), and field to analyze social inequality and cultural reproduction.

Quotes by Pierre Bourdieu

The intellectual is a critical conscience of society.

Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of the Market 1998

The social sciences are a weapon.

Sociology in Question 1992

The sociologist must be a permanent troublemaker.

Sociology in Question 1992

The world is full of symbolic violence.

The Logic of Practice 1990

The social world is a world of power relations.

Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste 1989

The artist is a producer of symbolic goods.

The Field of Cultural Production 1993

The intellectual is a critical intellectual.

Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of the Market 1998

The state is a field of power.

Language and Symbolic Power 1994

Symbolic power is a power that is not perceived as power.

The Logic of Practice 1990

The school is a place of reproduction of social hierarchies.

Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture 1977

The media are a tool of social control.

On Television 1996

The academic field is a field of competition.

Homo Academicus 1988

The sociologist must be a permanent questioner.

Sociology in Question 1992

The social world is a world of practices.

The Logic of Practice 1990

The economy is a field of power relations.

Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of the Market 1998

The market is a social institution.

Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of the Market 1998

The intellectual is a public intellectual.

Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of the Market 1998

The social sciences are a critical tool.

Sociology in Question 1992

The sociologist must be a permanent provocateur.

Sociology in Question 1992

The world is full of symbolic struggles.

The Logic of Practice 1990