Well in terms of modern social theory, quite a lot it seems. I made this point in my recent edited collection Social theory and education research, when talking about his influence on Bourdieu, Habermas, Derrida and Foucault. Yes, the influence is variable depending on the author, but it’s there, and it’s telling: Marx was a pre-eminent social theorist in… Read more →
Article: Mary O’Donoghue (2013): Putting working-class mothers in their place: social stratification, the field of education, and Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of practice. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 34:2, 190-207. In this article, Mary O’Donoghue uses Bourdieu’s concept of field to explore the relations between education and working-class mothers in an Irish case study. Here’s the abstract: This article explores… Read more →
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