Tell your friends about this item:
Picturing Algeria - A Columbia / SSRC Book Bourdieu, Pierre (SSRC)
Our customers say:
Picturing Algeria - A Columbia / SSRC Book
Bourdieu, Pierre (SSRC)
As a soldier in the French army, Pierre Bourdieu took thousands of photographs documenting the abject conditions and suffering (as well as the resourcefulness, determination, grace, and dignity) of the Algerian people as they fought in the Algerian War (1954-1962). Sympathizing with those he was told to regard as "enemies," Bourdieu became deeply and permanently invested in their struggle to overthrow French rule and the debilitations of poverty. Bourdieu immediately undertook the creation of a new ethnographic-sociological science based on his experiences--one that was capable of explaining the mechanics of French colonial aggression and the impressive, if curious, ability of the Algerians to resist it. This volume pairs 130 of Bourdieu's photographs with key excerpts from his related writings. It also features an interview with Bourdieu in which he speaks to his experiences in Algeria, its significance on his intellectual evolution, his role in transforming photography into a means for social inquiry, and the duty of the committed intellectual to participate in an increasingly troubled world.
248 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 12, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231148436 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Pages | 248 |
| Dimensions | 197 × 145 × 13 mm · 384 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Frisinghelli, Christine |
| Editor | Schultheis, Franz (<p>Franz Schultheis, Zeppelin Universitat Friedrichshafen, Deutschland< / p>) |
More from the same publisher
See all of Bourdieu, Pierre (SSRC) ( e.g. Hardcover Book and Paperback Book )