Purpose–Accounting researchers have frequently borrowed theories and methods from
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We live in 'knowledge societies' and work in 'knowledge economies', but accounts of social
change treat knowledge as homogeneous and neutral. While knowledge should be central …

Suppose that you wanted to understand the changing meanings of the greeting cards in
twenty-first-century London. You are particularly concerned with these meanings and uses …

This text details the practical applications of Bourdieu's theories in a series of specific
pedagogic research studies, showing how his ideas can be put into practice. Language …

Rage, no matter how justified, is something one should never tolerate in oneself. For nursing
anger against someone is the same as allowing that person continued control of our …

Pierre Bourdieu is without doubt one of the main figures in the sociological study of culture
today. Yet, for a theorist so central to the subject matter of cultural studies, it is clear that …

Reflexivity is vital in social research projects, but there remains relatively little advice on how
to execute it in practice. This book provides social science researchers with both a strong …

Social thinkers in all fields are faced with one unavoidable question: What does it mean to
be human in the 21st century? This ambitious and groundbreaking book provides the first …

Pierre Bourdieu was one of the most influential social theorists of our time. He developed a
series of concepts to uncover the way society works and to challenge assumptions about …

This comprehensive anthology offers over 40 readings that are critical to the understanding
of anthropological theory and the development of anthropology as an academic discipline …