Background Born in 1930 raised in the mountain villages of southern France. By the 1940’s Bourdieu grew dissatisfied with “philosophy of the subject” and attracted towards the “philosophy of the concept” As a son and a grandson of sharecroppers; he rose to the ranks of becoming one of the world’s most cited social scientists.

Background Attended an elite school in Paris which brought together the country’s best students in an atmosphere of intense competition and devotion to learning. Started out as a philosophy teacher at a French high school. In his short stint as a teacher, Bourdieu ended up reluctantly serving his country in Algeria, which ended up channeling is intellectual focus on human behavior.

Bourdieu’s Writings First book, The Sociology of Algeria, published in 1957, and making it to the United States in The Sociology of Algeria, warned about the contradicting situations many uprising colonies would face in the eyes of independence. After training himself in Anthropology, sociology, and statistics, in 1972he wrote the book Theory of Practice.

Other writings from Bourdieu

Findings Judgment is not natural; instead it is a learned ability. Social space is separated into two categories: Economic capital Cultural capital “Geometric modeling of data” Practical way to combine objectification through quantitative data in a synthesis of statistical information. (2009.

Achievements Founded the center for European Sociology. Assembled a team of scholars to research the relations between culture, power, and social inequality. Devoted much of his time to the construction of scientific institutions. Jumpstarted cross-border circulation of innovative work in social science across europe.

Achievements Guided the following activists intellectuals for the following groups: International Parliament for Writers International Committee for the Defense of Algerian Intellectuals General Estates of the European Social Movement

References Pierre Bourdieu. (2006, May). Retrieved May, , from Quantifying theory: Pierre Bourdieu. (2009). Springer Netherlands.