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Bourdieu in the City
Challenging Urban Theory
Loïc Wacquant (Author)
9781509556441, Polity Press
Paperback / softback, published 13 January 2023
288 pages
22.4 x 14.7 x 1.8 cm, 0.34 kg
"In this captivating book, Loïc Wacquant excavates Pierre Bourdieu's social theory for insights that might illuminate the neoliberal metropolis and its contentious power relations. In so doing, he produces an incisive, if deeply disturbing, portrait of contemporary urban marginality and neighborhood-level 'taint', a remarkable interpretive synthesis of his own illustrious pathway of urban inquiry, and a brilliantly creative application of Bourdieu's key concepts and methods to the field of urban social science." "Loïc Wacquant dissects carefully the conceptual framework of Bourdieu, provides a differentiated view of social space from Bourdieu's understanding of relational sociology, and reminds us that marginalization continues to be a main concern for urban scholars. A must-read for anyone interested to see how Wacquant eloquently combines Bourdieus work with an urban perspective as well as draws on his own influential work from over the years to sharpen our theoretical and methodological lenses on urban inequality." "[A] significant milestone in enhancing urban theory by introducing fresh perspectives." "Wacquant's masterful book has finally 'urbanized' Bourdieu and should make him foundational to ongoing and forthcoming debates in urban research" "A dense and fascinating book which proposes a very general theoretical model." "Bourdieu in the City charts a challenging direction for reorienting urban studies and all sociological research." "Loïc Wacquant is the sharpest dissector and critic of urban theory in sociology." "[A] timely and valuable addition to current debates over the direction of urban theory." "... an enlightening resource for all social scientists, such as sociologists, urban planners, political scientists, and anthropologists."
—Neil Brenner, University of Chicago
—Professor Talja Blokland, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
—Journal of Urban Affairs
—Dialogues in Urban Research
—Métropoles
—The Journal of Classical Sociology
—Sociological Forum
—New Zealand Sociology
—International Sociology
Building on three decades of comparative research on marginality, ethnicity, and penality in the postindustrial metropolis, Loïc Wacquant offers a novel interpretation of Pierre Bourdieu as urban theorist. He invites us to explore the city through what he calls the trialectic of symbolic space (the mental categories through which we perceive and organize the world), social space (the distribution of capital in its different forms), and physical space (the built environment). On this reading, Bourdieu's topological sociology gives us the tools both to energize and also to challenge the canon of urban studies and to redraw their theoretical landscape. Compact and incisive, Bourdieu in the City will be of interest to students and scholars in sociology, anthropology, geography, urban studies, urban planning, architecture, and social theory.
List of Figures Acknowledgements Taking Bourdieu to Town Prologue 1 Bourdieu in the Urban Crucible 2 The Bitter Taste of Territorial Taint 3 Marginality, Ethnicity and Penality in the Neoliberal Metropolis Epilogue Bourdieu in the City, the City in Bourdieu References
Subject Areas: Sociology & anthropology [JH]
