The Weight of the World: Social Suffering in Contemporary Society

Pierre Bourdıeu, Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson

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Abstract

Translator's Preface. To Reader: Pierre Bourdieu. Space of Points of View: Pierre Bourdieu. Jonquil Street: Pierre Bourdieu. A Displaced Family: Abdelmalek Sayad. Everyone in a Place of their Own: Rosine Christin. View from the Media: Patrick Champagne. Order of Things: Pierre Bourdieu. An Integrated Family: Patrick Champagne. A Bad Investment: Gabrielle Balazs. Renovation: Gabrielle Balazs. Last Difference: Patrick Champagne. Site Effects: Pierre Bourdieu. America as Social Dystopia: Politics of Urban Disintegration: Loic Wacquant. Inside The Zone: the Social Art of the Hustler in the American Ghetto: Loic Wacquant. Homeless in El Barrio: Philippe Bougois. Abdication of the State: Pierre Bourdieu. An Impossible Mission: Pierre Bourdieu. Institutional Bad Faith: Pierre Bourdieu. Double Binds: Pierre Bourdieu and Gabrielle Balasz. View from the State: Patrick Champagne. 'Costs' and 'Benefits' of Immigration: Abdelmalek Sayad. Disorder Amongst Agents of Order: Remi Lenoir. Woman and Cop: Remi Lenoir. A Living Reproach: Remi Lenoir. On the Way Down. Permanent and Temporary Workers: Michel Pialoux and Stephane Beaud. Old Worker and the New Plant: Michel Pialoux. Temp's Dream: Stephane Beaud. Working Nights: Rosine Christin. Possession: Rosine Christin. End of a World: Pierre Bourdieu. Shop Steward's World in Disarray: Michel Pialoux. Stolen Work: Sandrine Garcia. A Silent Witness: Rosine Christin. Such a Fragile Equilibrium: Pierre Bourdieu and Gabrielle Balazs. Hanging by a Thread: Pierre Bourdieu. A Life Wasted: Pierre Bourdieu. On the Way Down: Patrick Champagne. Broken Careers: Louis Pinto. Outcasts on the Inside: Pierre Bourdieu and Patrick Champagne. Those Were the Days: Pierre Bourdieu. Paradise Lost: Sylvain Broccolichi. Cogs in the Machine: Sylvain Broccolichi and Francoise Ouvrard. A Double Life: Rosine Christin. French Class: Rosine Christin. Upper Hand: Sylvain Broccolichi. Institutional Violence: Gabrielle Balazs and Abdelmalek Sayad. Contradictions of Inheritance: Pierre Bourdieu. Academic Destiny: Alain Accardo. A Compromising Success: Charles Soulie. Spirit of Contradiction: Emmanuel Bourdieu and Denis Podalydes. Wife and Collaborator: Jean-Pierre Faguer. Curse: Abdelmalek Sayad. Emancipation: Abdelmalek Sayad. Sick Person as Object: Francois Bonvin. Solitude: Gabrielle Balazs. Understanding: Pierre Bourdieu. PostScriptum: Pierre Bourdieu. Glossary.

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