Bourdieusian Self-Analyses as a Japanese Sociologist

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE
Author/s Naoki Iso
Publishing Year 2022 Issue 2021/126
Language English Pages 12 P. 134-145 File size 197 KB
DOI 10.3280/SR2021-126011
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Iso’s article painstakingly reviews his research on the epistemology of PB’s sociology. His biographical experience (especially the transition across three different countries, Japan, the US, and France) is presented and interpreted by using bourdieusian categories. The author argues that Bourdieu’s conception of reflexivity should not remain pure speculation but has to be concretely put into practice, with regard to everyday life situations

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Naoki Iso, Bourdieusian Self-Analyses as a Japanese Sociologist in "SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE " 126/2021, pp 134-145, DOI: 10.3280/SR2021-126011