Abstract

CODATO, Adriano; BITTENCOURT, Maiane; PERICH, Rafael  and  SILVA, Rodrigo. A bibliometric analysis of the reception of Pierre Bourdieu’s work in political science. Educ. Pesqui. [online]. 2022, vol.48, e255565.  Epub Oct 27, 2022. ISSN 1678-4634.  https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-4634202248255565por.

Pierre Bourdieu has a firmly established reputation within the social sciences, particularly in the field of Sociology. But how has Bourdieu been received in the field of Political Science? If we look at the most important journals in the area, citations to his books are practically non-existent. On the other hand, many researches devoted to the field of power in France, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, etc., have been inspired by Bourdieu’s Sociology of political life. This article explores the author’s presence and influence on political science publications outside of mainstream journals. Stemming from an extensive database of 25,475 documents indexed in the Scopus database that mention Pierre Bourdieu in the bibliographic references, we analyzed 355 articles that used his key concepts for political analysis, such as political field, State, and symbolic power. We found that even when Bourdieu’s writings are cited, the works referenced are not connected to his sociology of politics. A contextual analysis of the 20 most cited articles of these 355 documents revealed that references to Bourdieu were mostly positive. Furthermore, acknowledgments of the author’s authority were more common than corroborative arguments based on his theory. The influence of Bourdieu’s ideas on the works analyzed was superficial in 17 of the 20 cases.

Keywords : Pierre Bourdieu; Political science; Political sociology; Bibliometrics; Political field.

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