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Acting politics :

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1315211130

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1351811754

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1351811762

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1351811770

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9781315211138

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9781351811767

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9781351811774

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9780415793339

Title Proper

Acting politics :

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[Book]

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a critical sociology of the political field /

First Statement of Responsibility

Alfredo Joignant.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Routledge,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2019.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (x, 202 pages)

Series Title

Media, culture and critique: future imperfect

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

The political field : formation, objectivation and autonomy -- Value and capital -- The politics of the habitus -- The institutional organisation of the field -- Political inequality and domination of the field -- The power of ideas -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Following Bourdieu, this book seeks 'to think about politics without thinking politically', advancing the view that politics as conventionally understood does not take place in a social vacuum, but in the context of a certain topography of society that cannot be reduced to formal spaces (such as a parliament). Engaging with Bourdieu's theory of fields and focusing specifically on the notion of the 'political field', the author analyses from a sociological perspective the functioning of the political field, seeing it not simply as a formal space, but as encompassing a sphere that is increasingly autonomous from others and driven by reasons and motives beyond those conventionally recognised as political. Illustrated with cases from the real political life of different countries, Acting Politics examines the nature of the practices of the agents who inhabit the political field, building a picture of a type of competitive political activity that is fundamentally social and symbolic. A sociological reading of the agents, struggles and forms of the contemporary political field, this book thinks with and against Bourdieu in a broad dialogue with different sociological currents and debates in other disciplines. As such, it will appeal to scholars of politics and sociology with interests in social and political theory and political sociology.

Political sociology.

Politics, Practical.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy.

Political sociology.

Politics, Practical.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / General

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General

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SOC-- 002010

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Edition

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Joignant Rondón, Alfredo

Date of Transaction

20200822110627.0

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