Luc Boltanski - A kritikáról

The book, which the reader holds in his hands, is a kind of attempt at 'critical sociology" and 'sociology of criticism" integration, during which the author not only takes into account the difficulties facing the social criticism potentially exercised by the actor, but also emphasizes that this criticism - especially in a collective form - is by no means impossible or necessarily unproductive. The main condition of criticism and resistance is to expose the sophisticated forms through which institutions, as disembodied beings, exercise control over us. LUC BOLTANSKI (b. 1940) is an outstanding figure of contemporary French sociology. He began his career as a sociologist as a colleague of Pierre Bourdieu, then broke with his former master in the mid-1980s and developed a new sociological approach together with Laurent Thévenot, which admittedly defined itself against Bourdieu's theory. This is how pragmatic/pragmatic sociology, or the sociology of criticism, was born, which on many points disputes Bourdieu's "critical sociology" its validity. On the one hand, he considers it to be too deterministic, and on the other hand, he considers the actor to be competent in understanding social reality, who - in contrast to Bourdieu's agent - is able to speak out about the injustices he has suffered by referring to various principles, and even, in appropriate cases, even against the institution that perpetuates the situation he believes to be unjust. to formulate criticism.

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Social science
278 pages

ISBN: 9789634147749
Author: Luc Boltanski
Release year: 2021