The Weight of the World

Social Suffering in Contemporary Society

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Pierre Bourdieu

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Confined in their governmental ivory towers, their actions largely dictated by public opinion polls, politicians and state officials are all too often oblivious to the everyday lives of ordinary citizens. These persons, who often experience so much hardship in their lives, have few ways to make themselves heard and are obliged either to protest outside official frameworks or remain locked in the silence of their despair. Under the direction of Pierre Bourdieu, France s foremost sociologist, a team of 22 researchers spent three years studying and analyzing the new forces of social suffering that characterize contemporary societies the daily suffering of those denied the means of acquiring a socially dignified existence and of those poorly adjusted to the rapidly changing conditions of their lives. Social workers, teachers, policemen, factory workers, white-collar clerks, farmers, artisans, shopkeepers no one seems to be immune from the frustrations of today s life, not to speak of the institutions of the family, work, and education.

Release date NZ

January 1st, 2000

Author

Pierre Bourdieu

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Contributor

Translated by Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson

Pages

656

Dimensions

100x200x28

ISBN-13

9780804738453

Product ID

3890989

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