Political Interventions keyword-twentieth-century-history commitments and reflections on major

commitments and reflections on major historical events

student activists gathered in the South Korean city of Gwangju to protest the coup d’état and martial law government of General Chun Doo-hwan

‘something memorable on every page’—jump into their places like iron filings obeying the magnet

has had an exhilarating life

Lynell George

Political Interventions keyword-twentieth-century-history commitments and reflections on majorPierre Bourdieu, one of the most influential critical social theorists of the second half of the twentieth century, once described sociology as a combat sport. This comprehensive collection of his writings on politics and social science, from early 1960s articles on the Algerian War of Independence to the last text he published before his death, proves that this vision was enduring throughout his lifeas well as a serious scholar Bourdieu was always an