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May 2023
1h 27m

Putting Bourdieu and Marx in Dialogue

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
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Contributor(s): Dr Gabriella Paolucci, Dr Poornima Paidipaty, Professor Bridget Fowler | 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 ex ... Show More
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