Not Class but Struggle How and in What Way Sociologists Are Classified

University of Helsinki • Department of Social Policy Keijo Rahkonen Research Reports • 1/1999

Pierre Bourdieu has contended that sociologists’ privilege is not to be placed above those whom they classify, it is to know Not Class But Struggle how and in what way sociologists are classified. Here, an attempt is made to apply Critical Ouvertures to Bourdieu’s ‘methods’ to Bourdieu himself Pierre Bourdieu’s Sociology through looking at his intellectual biography, Not ClassButStruggle

addressing at core.ac.uk and similar papers Metadata, citation Bourdieu’s place in the field of homines academici and how his place is reflected in his sociological thought, particularly in his notion of ‘reflexive sociology’. Keijo Rahkonen also compares Pierre Bourdieu’s and Friedrich Nietzsche’s conceptions of taste. The thesis proposed is Cover design by that there is an interesting resemblance Jukka Aalto, between Bourdieu and Nietzsche in such Keijo Rahkonen matters as taste, struggle, ressentiment, and and Tuomas Seppä more generally in matters of power. By focusing on certain themes and key Cover illustration: concepts in Bourdieu’s work, such as Ester Helenius (1875–1955), domination, field and distinction, as well as La Rotonde series, 1920 on experimental trials inspired by Bourdieu, Photo: Terho Aalto this book attempts to provide critical By kind permission of ouvertures – openings and introductions – to Hämeenlinna Art Museum gain a better understanding of Bourdieu’s oeuvre. These concepts are both critically evaluated as well as elaborated throughout ISSN 0356-1267 the study. The applicability of a number of ISBN 951-45-8479-1 them is also discussed and tested in case studies concerning the field of intellectuals Distributor: in Finland and the Finnish new middle class. Department of Social Policy P O Box 18 Keijo Rahkonen

Keijo Rahkonen teaches social policy FIN-00014 University of Helsinki at the University of Helsinki. Fax: 358-9-191 7764 CORE Provided by Helsingin yliopiston digitaalinen arkisto yliopiston digitaalinen Provided by Helsingin