Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture

Second Edition
Pierre Bourdieu - College de France, France
Jean Claude Passeron - SHADYC, Marseille
Published in Association With Theory Culture Society
Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture
October 1990 | 288 pages | Sage UK
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The way in which the ruling ideas of a social system are related to structures of class, production and power, and how these are legitimated and perpetuated, is fundamental to the sociological project. In this second edition of this classic text, which includes a new introduction by Pierre Bourdieu, the authors develop an analysis of education (in its broadest sense, encompassing more than the process of formal education). They show how education carries an essentially arbitrary cultural scheme which is actually, though not in appearance, based on power. More widely, the reproduction of culture through education is shown to play a key part in the reproduction of the whole social system. The analysis is carried through not only in theoretical terms but through the development of empirically testable propositions within the wider framework of the historical transformation of the educational system.

Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Foreword

Foreword

PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF A THEORY OF SYMBOLIC VIOLENCE

PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF A THEORY OF SYMBOLIC VIOLENCE

PART TWO: KEEPING ORDER

  • Cultural Capital and Pedagogic Communication
  • The Literate Tradition and Social Conservation
  • Exclusion and Selection
  • Dependence through Independence
  • Appendix
  • The Changing Structure of Higher Education Opportunities
  • Redistribution or Translation?

Description

The way in which the ruling ideas of a social system are related to structures of class, production and power, and how these are legitimated and perpetuated, is fundamental to the sociological project. In this second edition of this classic text, which includes a new introduction by Pierre Bourdieu, the authors develop an analysis of education (in its broadest sense, encompassing more than the process of formal education). They show how education carries an essentially arbitrary cultural scheme which is actually, though not in appearance, based on power. More widely, the reproduction of culture through education is shown to play a key part in the reproduction of the whole social system. The analysis is carried through not only in theoretical terms but through the development of empirically testable propositions within the wider framework of the historical transformation of the educational system.

Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Foreword

Foreword

PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF A THEORY OF SYMBOLIC VIOLENCE

PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF A THEORY OF SYMBOLIC VIOLENCE

PART TWO: KEEPING ORDER

  • Cultural Capital and Pedagogic Communication
  • The Literate Tradition and Social Conservation
  • Exclusion and Selection
  • Dependence through Independence
  • Appendix
  • The Changing Structure of Higher Education Opportunities
  • Redistribution or Translation?
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Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture

Pierre Bourdieu , Jean Claude Passeron
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October 1990 | 288 pages | Sage UK

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The way in which the ruling ideas of a social system are related to structures of class, production and power, and how these are legitimated and perpetuated, is fundamental to the sociological project. In this second edition of this classic text, which includes a new introduction by Pierre Bourdieu, the authors develop an analysis of education (in its broadest sense, encompassing more than the process of formal education). They show how education carries an essentially arbitrary cultural scheme which is actually, though not in appearance, based on power. More widely, the reproduction of culture through education is shown to play a key part in the reproduction of the whole social system. The analysis is carried through not only in theoretical terms but through the development of empirically testable propositions within the wider framework of the historical transformation of the educational system.

Table Of Contents:

  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Foreword
  • PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF A THEORY OF SYMBOLIC VIOLENCE
  • PART TWO: KEEPING ORDER
  • Cultural Capital and Pedagogic Communication
  • The Literate Tradition and Social Conservation
  • Exclusion and Selection
  • Dependence through Independence
  • Appendix
  • The Changing Structure of Higher Education Opportunities
  • Redistribution or Translation?

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It is an excellent book that examines structural inequality from a theroetical level. I have recommended it for purchase to our University Library.
Mr Glen Thomas Guilfoyle, Social Science (Limerick Campus), Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest
This is a canonical book which I will be happy to recommend to my students. It addresses challenging areas of sociology which are directly applicable to their studies.
Mr Steve Courtney, Manchester Institute of Education, Manchester University
A classic book which I would highly recommend for those who are social researchers. There are growing number of undergraduates who are making a good attempt in applying the theoretical framework introduced in this book.
Ms Eva Mikuska, Childhood Studies (Bishop Otter), Chichester University
Useful for those doing dissertations in the area
Dr Donna Woodhouse, HWB, Sheffield Hallam University
I may recommend this book for supplimental reading but not what I had hoped it would be
Mr Mark Timoney, Humanities , Sligo Institute of Technology

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