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9780745610344
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9780745610344
ISBN
9780745610344
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Book Title
Language and Symbolic Power by Bourdieu, Pierre [P
Item Length
22.9 cm

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This volume brings together Bourdieu's highly original writings on language and on the relations between 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 interests and display their practical competence. Drawing on the concepts which 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 produce linguistic expressions, they deploy accumulated resources and they implicitly adapt their expressions to the demands of the social field or market. Hence every linguistic interaction, however personal and insignificant they may seem, bears the traces of the social structure that it both expresses and helps to reproduce. Boudieu's 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 site par excellence 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.

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Polity Press
ISBN-13
9780745610344
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Number of Pages
312 Pages
Publication Name
Language and Symbolic Power
Language
English
Subject
Anthropology
Publication Year
1992
Type
Study Guide
Subject Area
Data Analysis, Political Science
Author
Pierre Bourdieu
Format
Paperback

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228 mm
Item Weight
468 g
Item Width
152 mm

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United Kingdom
Title_Author
Pierre Bourdieu

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