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Bourdieu for Dummy.

February 13th, 2007 · by John · 22 Comments

The dummy is me.
Pierre Bourdieu is my kind of academic–the anti-intellectual intellectual, the eminent theoretician who was opposed to theory for theory’s sake, someone who translated his ideas into political action. Scholars are often condemned for their addiction to mental masturbation. While I think a little mental self-abuse is a healthy thing, I […]

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