{"product_id":"forms-of-capital-general-sociology-volume-3-lectures-at-the-college-de-france-1983-84-hardback-9781509526703","title":"Forms of Capital: General Sociology, Volume 3; Lectures at the Collège de France 1983 - 84 (Hardback) 9781509526703","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eForms of Capital: General Sociology, Volume 3\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLectures at the Collège de France 1983 - 84\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePierre Bourdieu (Author), Peter Collier (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509526703, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 May 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e450 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15 x 3.6 cm, 0.748 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the third of five volumes based on the lectures given by Pierre Bourdieu at the Collége de France in the early 1980s under the title \u003ci\u003eGeneral Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e. In these lectures, Bourdieu sets out to define and defend sociology as an intellectual discipline; in doing so he introduces and clarifies all the key concepts for which he has become so well known, concepts that continue to shape the way that sociology is practised today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this volume, Bourdieu focuses on one of these key concepts, capital, which forms part of the trilogy of concepts – habitus, capital, field – that define the core of his theoretical approach. A field, as a social space of relatively durable relations between agents and institutions, is also a site of specific investments, which presupposes the possession of specific forms of capital and secures both material and symbolic profits. While there are many different forms of capital, two are fundamental and effective in all social fields: economic capital and cultural capital. These and other forms of capital exist only in relation to the fields in which they are deployed: the distribution of the forms and quantities of capital constitutes the structure of the field within which agents act and they confer power over the field, over the mechanisms that define the functioning of the field and over the profits engendered in the field – over, for example, the transmission of cultural capital in the educational system.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn ideal introduction to one of Bourdieu’s most important concepts, this volume will be of great interest to the many students and scholars who study and use Bourdieu’s work across the social sciences and humanities, and to general readers who want to know more about the work of one of the most important sociologists and social thinkers of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEditorial Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLecture of 1 March 1984\u003cbr\u003eLecture of 8 March 1984\u003cbr\u003eLecture of 15 March 1984\u003cbr\u003eLecture of 22 March 1984\u003cbr\u003eLecture of 29 March 1984\u003cbr\u003eLecture of 19 April 1984\u003cbr\u003eLecture of 26 April 1984\u003cbr\u003eLecture of 3 May 1984\u003cbr\u003eLecture of 10 May 1984\u003cbr\u003eLecture of 17 May 1984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSituation of the third and later volumes by Julien Duval\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Summary of lectures for 1983-1984, published in the Annuaire du Collège de France\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52462985871640,"sku":"9781509526703","price":54.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509526703.jpg?v=1785544389","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/forms-of-capital-general-sociology-volume-3-lectures-at-the-college-de-france-1983-84-hardback-9781509526703","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}