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Language and symbolic power
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Language and symbolic power

Author: Pierre Bourdieu; John B Thompson
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1991.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Pierre Bourdieu; John B Thompson
ISBN: 0674510402 9780674510401 0674510410 9780674510418
OCLC Number: 22388241
Notes: Translation of: Ce que parler veut dire. Spine title: Language & symbolic power.
Description: ix, 302 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: pt. 1. The economy of linguistic exchanges. The production and reproduction of legitimate language ; Price formation and the anticipation of profits ; Appendix: Did you say 'Popular'? -- pt. 2. The social institutions of symbolic power. Authorized language: The social conditions for the effectiveness of ritual discourse ; Rites of institution ; Description and prescription: The conditions of possibility and the limits of political effectiveness ; Censorship and the imposition of form. -- pt. 3. Symbolic power and the political field. On symbolic power ; Political representation: Elements for a theory of the political field ; Delegation and political fetishism ; Identity and representation: Elements for a critical reflection in the idea of region ; Social space and the genesis of 'Classes'
Other Titles: Language & symbolic power., Ce que parler veut dire.
Responsibility: Pierre Bourdieu ; edited and introduced by John B. Thompson ; translated by Gino Raymond and Matthew Adamson.

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