Language and Symbolic Power by Pierre Bourdieu (English) Paperback Book

Description: Language and Symbolic Power by Pierre Bourdieu, John Thompson, Gino Raymond, Matthew Adamson This volume brings together Bourdieus highly original writings on language and on the relations among language, power, and politics. Bourdieu develops a forceful critique of traditional approaches to language, including the linguistic theories of Saussure and Chomsky and the theory of speech-acts elaborated by Austin and others. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This volume brings together Pierre Bourdieus highly original writings on language and on the relations among language, power, and politics. Bourdieu develops a forceful critique of traditional approaches to language, including the linguistic theories of Saussure and Chomsky and the theory of speech-acts elaborated by Austin and others. He argues that language should be viewed not only as a means of communication but also as a medium of power through which individuals pursue their own interests and display their practical competence.Drawing on the concepts that are part of his distinctive theoretical approach, Bourdieu maintains that linguistic utterances or expressions can be understood as the product of the relation between a "linguistic market" and a "linguistic habitus." When individuals use language in particular ways, they deploy their accumulated linguistic resources and implicitly adapt their words to the demands of the social field or market that is their audience. Hence every linguistic interaction, however personal or insignificant it may seem, bears the traces of the social structure that it both expresses and helps to reproduce.Bourdieus account sheds fresh light on the ways in which linguistic usage varies according to considerations such as class and gender. It also opens up a new approach to the ways in which language is used in the domain of politics. For politics is, among other things, the arena in which words are deeds and the symbolic character of power is at stake.This volume, by one of the leading social thinkers in the world today, represents a major contribution to the study of language and power. It will be of interest to students throughout the social sciences and humanities, especially in sociology, politics, anthropology, linguistics, and literature. Notes A perspective that is both skeptical and empirical, broad yet subtle, engaged and insightful. -- Dell Hymes, University of Virginia Author Biography Pierre Bourdieu was a French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher. Table of Contents Preface Editors Introduction General Introduction Part I The Economy of Linguistic Exchanges Introduction 1. The Production and Reproduction of Legitimate Language 2. Price Formation and the Anticipation of Profits Appendix: Did You Say Popular? Part II The Social Institution of Symbolic Power Introduction 3. Authorized Language: The Social Conditions for the Effectiveness of Ritual Discourse 4. Rites of Institution 5. Description and Prescription: The Conditions of Possibility and the Limits of Political Effectiveness 6. Censorship and the Imposition of Form Part III Symbolic Power and the Political Field 7. On Symbolic Power 8. Political Representation: Elements for a Theory of the Political Field 9. Delegation and Political Fetishism 10. Identity and Representation: Elements for a Critical Reflection on the Idea of Region 11. Social Space and the Genesis of Classes Note Index Review A perspective that is both skeptical and empirical, broad yet subtle, engaged and insightful. -- Dell Hymes, University of Virginia Promotional A perspective that is both skeptical and empirical, broad yet subtle, engaged and insightful. -- Dell Hymes, University of Virginia Review Quote A perspective that is both skeptical and empirical, broad yet subtle, engaged and insightful. Details ISBN0674510410 Author Matthew Adamson Publisher Harvard University Press Language English ISBN-10 0674510410 ISBN-13 9780674510418 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 400 Year 1993 Imprint Harvard University Press Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass Country of Publication United States Residence FR Birth 1930 Death 2002 Affiliation Coll?ge de France Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris Translator Matthew Adamson Short Title LANGUAGE & SYMBOLIC POWER 7/E Edition 7th Pages 320 Edited by John Thompson Illustrations None DOI 10.1604/9780674510418 AU Release Date 1993-03-01 NZ Release Date 1993-03-01 UK Release Date 1993-03-01 Publication Date 1993-03-15 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly US Release Date 1993-03-15 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:8311583;

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