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Putting Bourdieu and Marx in Dialogue

Hosted by the Department of Sociology

In-person and online public event (Old Theatre, Old Building)

Speakers

Professor Bridget Fowler

Professor Bridget Fowler

Dr Poornima Paidipaty

Dr Poornima Paidipaty

Dr Gabriella Paolucci

Dr Gabriella Paolucci

Chair

Professor Mike Savage

Professor Mike Savage

This event marks the launch Gabriella Paolucci's edited book Bourdieu and Marx.

This book is the first sustained work reflecting on the relations between these two major theorists, and includes contributions from major writers drawing from both scholarly traditions. This new book especially focuses on 'the practice of critique' that both thinkers exercised vigilantly throughout their careers. We reflect that ongoing dialogue with the entire body of Marxian critique is a constant in Bourdieu's writings, most clearly evidenced by the adoption of a critical perspective on the social world, and reinforced by the repeated references to Marx’s texts. 

Meet our speakers and chair

Bridget Fowler is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow, specialising in the sociology of culture, Marxist-feminist thought and social theory more broadly.

Poornima Paidipaty is a Lecturer in Comparative Political Economy at King's College London. Her work explores the changing history of social and economic inequality, with a particular focus on South Asia. She is currently undertaking a major new research project examining the role of data in economic governance in postcolonial India.

Gabriella Paolucci is Associate Professor in Sociology at University of Florence (Italy). Her main research areas: Sociology of Time, Urban Sociology and Security Policies, and in the social theory of Pierre Bourdieu and Karl Marx.

Mike Savage (@MikeSav47032563) is Martin White Professor of Sociology at LSE. His most recent books include the co-authored Social Class in the 21st Century, and The Return of Inequality: Social Change and the Weight of History.

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