Abstract
Why yet another dead French thinker'.' We already have Althusser. Foucault and
Derrida. Docs International Relations (I R) really need Pierre Bourdieu! The short
answer is yes. The slightly longer answer is that Bourdieu's sociology provides us
with an opportunity to rethink international politics in ways not offered by these
other thinkers. Bourdieu helps us rediscover the everyday practices. symbolic
structures and arenas of conflict that bring many other actors into perspective.
rather than just focusing on nation slates that produce (what we call) international politics. All engagement with his work redirects our discipline from being in influenced by overly abstract and simplified reifications of world politics. which is currently the case in both positivist and post-positivist IR schools. Bourdieu allows us to explore how people create international relations in their daily activities. In short. Bourdieu helps us to take the discursive, visual and embodied practices in international politics more seriously.
Derrida. Docs International Relations (I R) really need Pierre Bourdieu! The short
answer is yes. The slightly longer answer is that Bourdieu's sociology provides us
with an opportunity to rethink international politics in ways not offered by these
other thinkers. Bourdieu helps us rediscover the everyday practices. symbolic
structures and arenas of conflict that bring many other actors into perspective.
rather than just focusing on nation slates that produce (what we call) international politics. All engagement with his work redirects our discipline from being in influenced by overly abstract and simplified reifications of world politics. which is currently the case in both positivist and post-positivist IR schools. Bourdieu allows us to explore how people create international relations in their daily activities. In short. Bourdieu helps us to take the discursive, visual and embodied practices in international politics more seriously.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Bourdieu in International Relations : Rethinking Key Concepts in IR |
| Editors | Rebecca Adler-Nissen |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Place of Publication | Abingdon |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Publication date | 2012 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Chapter | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780415528528 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780203102282 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Series | New International Relations |
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Keywords
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Bourdieu, Pierre
- Practice theory
- International Relations Theory
- Political sociology
- Discourse
- Body
- power
- Security
- Strategy
- international practice theory
- Habitus
- social field
- Gender
- Knowledge
- Sociology