Publications by our members. 

One of our members: Prof. Derek Robbins has recently written a book entitled: French Post-War Social Theory: International Knowledge Transfer (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society).

Detailed, timely and original this book explores the trans-cultural transmission of social theory. Derek Robbins presents us with a chronological commentary on the intellectual production of five French social thinkers (Aron, Althusser, Foucault, Lyotard, Bourdieu) and on the English reception of their texts. 

The book:

• Sets up a Bourdieusian investigation of the habitus of the five thinkers and, comparatively, of the national sub-fields of intellectual discourse.

• Enables an inter-active generation of enquiry based on the primacy of individual experience

• Challenges the social sciences to abandon their grand narratives and to advance the cause of social democratic inclusion

Sage are offering a 50% discount on the hardback edition: www.uk.sagepub.com. Quote the code UK12AF017 to receive your discount. This discount is valid until 30/06/2012. See Attachment for details. 

There is also an interesting book review in the current edition of Sociology by another one of our members: Dr Will Atkinson, ‘Where Now for Bourdieu-inspired Sociology?’ Sociology February 2012 46: 167-173, http://soc.sagepub.com/content/46/1/167.full.pdf+html.

Best wishes, Jenny