Bourdieu's Theory of the State : A Critical Introduction.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (159 pages)
Intro -- Bourdieu's Theory of the State -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Bourdieu's Intellectual Biography -- Sociology as a World-view -- The French Intellectual Field -- Social and Political Context -- Outlining Bourdieu's Work -- 1. Algeria and the Bearn Peasantry -- Studies on the Béarn Peasantry -- 2. Education and Social Reproduction -- 3. Ritual and Social Practice -- Reflexivity -- 4. Symbolic Power -- Recognition and Misrecognition -- 3 Classical and Modern Theories of the State -- Marx -- Weber's Theory of the State -- Durkheim On the State -- Modern Theories of the State -- Elias and the State -- Charles Tilly -- Corrigan and Sayer -- 4 Bourdieu's Theory of the State -- The State as a Monopoly of Physical and Symbolic Violence -- The State Exists Outside of and Within Individuals -- The State and Sociology -- The State as a Self-fulfilling Prophecy -- Acts of State -- The Power of Naming, Delegation, the Public and Acting for the Universal Interest -- 5 The State and the Field of Power -- The State and the Field of Power -- Academic Titles -- Structural Homology -- The State as a Meta-field -- 6 State Formation -- The Concentration of Capitals -- The Monopolisation of Physical Capital -- The Monopolisation of Taxation -- The Concentration of Cultural Capital -- The Concentration of Juridical Capital -- Monopolisation and Universalisation -- The Dynastic Patrimonial State - The Second Phase of State Formation -- From the King's House to the Reason of the State - The Third Phase of State Formation -- From Bureaucratic State to a Welfare State - The Fourth Stage of State Formation -- 7 An Assessment of Bourdieu's Theory of the State -- How Penetrating Is State Thought? -- The ambiguity of symbolic capital -- Moving Beyond Existing Approaches of the State -- Against Gramsci -- Durkheim and Hegel Contra Marx. The Continuing Relevance of Bourdieu? -- 8 Conclusion -- Index.