Abstract

BRITO, Angela Xavier de. The King is dead, long li ve the King? The struggle to inherit Pierre Bourdieu's position in the French academic field. Rev. Bras. Educ. [online]. 2002, n.19, pp.05-19. ISSN 1413-2478.

Bourdieu's death has left a great intellectual void in the French  sociological community. This article intends, first of ali. to state lhe struggles in the academic field that have followed this event. In order lo show the processes by which lhe lransmission of his inheritance has been carried out, we must distinguish the institutional assets, which could be bequeathed by Baurdieu himself to his followers, from the intellectual positions. The chances to aspire to this main inheritance seem to be divided between three candidates - Bernard Lahire, Jean-Claude Kaufmann and Gisele Sapiro - author:; who are at different stages of their careers. They seem to be the only ones to make a respectful critique of Bourdieu's theory and to propose its full extension. The first two authors begin from the concept of  habitus, the last one from that of field. Last but not least, I1 intend to make some comments on how Bourdieu's theory can nourish the Brazilian academic debate in this domain.

Keywords : Pierre Bourdieu; Educational Sociology; French Academic Field.

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