Background
Bourdieu, Pierre Felix was born on August 1, 1930 in Denguin, France. Son of Albert and Noémie (Duhau) Bourdieu.
Bourdieu, Pierre Felix was born on August 1, 1930 in Denguin, France. Son of Albert and Noémie (Duhau) Bourdieu.
Student, Lycée Louis le Grand, Paris. Student, Faculté des lettres, Paris. Student, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 1954.
Student, Agregation de Philosophie, 1956.
Director of Education, Faculty of Arts, Lille 1961-1964. Director of Studies, Ecole pratique des hautes etudes since 1964. Ecole normale superieure 1964-1984.
Director Collection “Le Sens Commun” (Editions de Minuit) since 1964. Visiting; Director Review Actes de la recherche en Sciences Sociales since 1975. Consulting; Director Centre de sociologie europeenne (CSE) of College de France, and Ecole des hautes etudes en Sciences Sociales since 1985.
Professor, College, de France since 1981.
Director College Le sens commun, 1964-1992, Liber, since 1997, (revue) Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales, since 1975, Liber, 1989.
Bourdieu has contributed significantly to the sociology of culture and education. Through his empirical work on art. literature, power and intellectuals he constructs a theory of practice that constitutes an analysis of the practical intelligibility governing action with a perspective on how the structure of social phenomena determines and is itself perpetuated by action. His sociological methodology is relevant to philosophical questions through his critical studies of the role of philosophy in specific social spheres.
Bourdieu draws philosophy back into a debate about the social ground and impact of any philosophical construction.
Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton 1972-1973. Scientific Council of Max Planck Institute fur Bildungsforschung 1974-1976. Editor Board The Sociological Review 1976, Media, Culture and Society 1980.
American Academy, of Arts and Sciences.
Married Marie Claire Brizard, 1962. 3 children.
