Sociology Is a Martial Art

An accessible survey of this seminal thinker's most influential writings. It includes the full text of his short books Acts of Resistance, Firing Back, and On Television, in addition to key articles, interviews, and speeches, all of which introduce the reader to Bourdieu's innovative approach to sociology as a mode of political intervention. Edited and with an introduction by noted French sociologist Gis le Sapiro, Sociology Is a Martial Art will become this generation's indispensable introduction to Bourdieu's work.