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Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) is the most influential sociologist of our time. His works take in education, culture, sport, literature, painting, class, philosophy, religion, law, media, intellectuals, methodology, photography, universities, colonialism, kinship, schooling and politics. Not much remains outside Bourdieu's sociological eye. His works are widely read across disciplines and he was one of the most prominent public intellectuals in France. Conversations with Bourdieu presents the first comprehensive attempt at a critical engagement with Bourdieu's theory as a totality. Michael Burawoy constructs a series of imaginary conversations between Bourdieu and his nemesis - Marxism - from which he silently borrowed so much. Starting with Marx, and proceeding through Gramsci, Fanon, Freire, de Beauvoir, and Mills, Burawoy takes up the challenge Bourdieu presents to Marxism, simultaneously developing a critique of Bourdieu and a reconstruction of Marxism. Karl Von Holdt, in turn, brings these conversations to South Africa, showing the relevance of Bourdieu's ideas to a country he never visited. Armed with Bourdieu, Von Holdt takes up some of the most pressing social and political issues of contemporary South Africa: the relation between symbolic and real violence, the place of intellectuals in public life, the intervention of gender in politics, the grappling with race, the critique of education, the importance of habitus, the history and future of class mobilisation, and the legacy of the liberation struggle. Conversations with Bourdieu pioneers a distinctive approach to doing social theory that is neither a combat sport nor an artificial synthesis, but a way of pushing theory to its limits through dialogue - dialogue between theorists and dialogue between theory and the world it represents. The book is distinctive too in pointing towards a new global sociology consciously rooted in a dialogue between the social realities and theoretical perspectives of North and South. The conversations were first presented as Mellon Lectures at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in 2010

Bourdieu, Pierre, --- South Africa --- Social conditions --- Politics and government --- SOUTH AFRICA -- 141.8 --- Bourdieu, Pierre, - 1930-2002 --- South Africa - Social conditions - 1994 --- -South Africa - Politics and government - 1994 --- -Bourdieu, Pierre, --- Burdʹe, Pʹer, --- Burdʹe, P. --- Bourdieu, P. --- Pūrtiyu, Piyar,

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Cet ouvrage constitue un travail de réflexion et de synthèse sur les tendances présentes et décelables des principales options politiques et économiques des gouvernements africains au terme de vingt-cinq ans d'indépendance. Trois considérations dominent l'approche de l'auteur : 1. L'Afrique, cette entité politique et économique « une et indivisible », à laquelle on se réfère constamment, n'existe pas. Elle est à concevoir et à forger au prix d'un effort gigantesque de plusieurs générations d'Africains confiants dans les valeurs ancestrales et suffisamment avertis des réalités du monde extérieur. 2. L'indépendance n'est pas une fin, mais un moyen au service de la libération nationale qui constitue le véritable et ultime objectif de la décolonisation de l'Afrique. 3. Le développement est un projet commun de société. Dans son élaboration, le peuple est acteur et l'élite instrument, et non l'inverse. L'auteur sort des sentiers battus d'une présentation idéalisée ou schématisée de l'Afrique pour nous restituer l'indépendance dans son extrême complexité, simple charnière entre le passé et l'avenir de l'Afrique. Dans une présentation sans complaisance, à partir d'une profonde et stimulante inspiration, le débat sur l'avenir de l'Afrique s'ouvre ici à un niveau exceptionnellement élevé.

Africa --- Economic conditions --- Politics and government --- Social conditions --- Africa - Economic conditions - 1960 --- -Africa - Politics and government - 1960 --- -Africa - Social conditions - 1960 --- -Africa --- Etat | nation --- décolonisation --- pays en voie de développement --- libération nationale --- politique internationale --- développement économique --- géopolitique --- ONU - Organisation des Nations unies --- politique contemporaine

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Riding the Samosa Express is a collection of life stories exploring issues of marriage, love, loss, family life, culture, religious beliefs, suburban life, local and international politics, freedom and education among other important issues faced by professional and well-educated Muslim women who have not been held back by global stereotypes.

Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Islam. --- Muslim women -- South Africa -- Biography. --- Muslim women -- South Africa -- Social conditions. --- Muslim women --- Marriage --- Gender Studies & Sexuality --- Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Social Sciences --- Married life --- Matrimony --- Nuptiality --- Wedlock --- Love --- Sacraments --- Betrothal --- Courtship --- Families --- Home --- Honeymoons --- Islamic women --- Women, Muslim --- Women --- Religious aspects --- Islam --- Social conditions --- Muslimahs

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In the early 1900s the motor-vehicle (car, bus, lorry or motor-cycle) was introduced in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially the plaything and symbol of colonial domination, the motor-vehicle transformed the economic and social life of the continent. Indeed, the motor-vehicle is arguably the single most important factor for change in Africa in the twentieth century. A factor for change that thus far has been neglected in research and literature. Yet its impact extends across the totality of human existence; from ecological devastation to economic advancement, from cultural transformation to political change, through to a myriad of other themes. This edited volume of eleven contributions by historians, anthropologists and social and political scientists explores aspects of the social history and anthropology of the motor-vehicle in Africa.

Social change --- History of Africa --- anno 1900-1999 --- Sub-Saharan Africa --- Transportation, Automotive --- Motor vehicles --- #SBIB:39A73 --- #SBIB:39A4 --- Automotive vehicles --- Vehicles --- Automotive transportation --- Highway transportation --- Motor carriers --- Motor transportation --- Road transportation --- Automobiles --- Social aspects --- History --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Africa --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Social conditions --- Africa --Social conditions --20th century. --- Motor vehicles --Social aspects --Africa --History --20th century. --- Transportation, Automotive --Social aspects --Africa --History --20th century. --- Business & Economics --- Transportation Economics

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Landscape studies provide a crucial perspective into the interaction between humans and their environment, shedding insight on social, cultural, and economic topics. The research explores both the way that natural processes have affected the development of culture and society, as well as the ways that natural landscapes themselves are the product of historical and cultural processes. Most previous studies of the landscape selectively focused on either the natural sciences or the social sciences, but the research presented in African Landscapes bridges that gap. This work is unique in its interdisciplinary scope. Over the past twelve years, the contributors to this volume have participated in the collaborative research center ACACIA (Arid Climate Adaptation and Cultural Innovation in Africa), which deals with the relationship between cultural processes and ecological dynamics in Africa’s arid areas. The case studies presented here come from mainly Sahara/Sahel and southwestern Africa, and are all linked to broader discussions on the concept of landscape, and themes of cultural, anthropological, geographical, botanical, sociological, and archaeological interest. The contributions in this work are enhanced by full color photographs that put the discussion in context visually.

Africa --Environmental conditions. --- Africa --Social conditions. --- Arid regions --Africa. --- Human ecology --Africa. --- Human ecology --Namibia. --- Landscape ecology --Africa. --- Landscape ecology --Namibia. --- Landscapes --Social aspects --Africa. --- Human ecology --- Landscape ecology --- Arid regions --- Landscapes --- Sociology & Social History --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Social Change --- Anthropogeography & Human Ecology --- Social aspects --- Social sciences. --- Culture --- Environment. --- Anthropology. --- Archaeology. --- Social Sciences. --- Regional and Cultural Studies. --- Environment, general. --- Study and teaching. --- Human beings --- Archeology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Cultural studies --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Ecology --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Environmental sciences. --- Environmental science --- Science --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Africa --- Environmental conditions. --- Social conditions. --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Primitive societies --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Social sciences