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This highly acclaimed work, in which Pierre Bourdieu turns his attention to the academic world and offers a brilliant analysis of modern intellectual culture, is now available in paperback. The academy is shown to be not just a realm of dialogue and debate, but also a sphere of power in which reputations and careers are made, defended and destroyed. Bourdieu constructs a map of the intellectual field in France and analyzes the forms of capital power, the lines of conflict and the patterns of change which characterize the system of higher education in France today. "Homo academicus es el libro más personal de Pierre Bourdieu, porque en él aplica su capacidad interpretativa a su propio ámbito: el mundo universitario. En este sentido, el análisis que propone tiene una impronta casi autobiográfica, pero sobre todo un marcado compromiso intelectual. Bourdieu demuestra que el campo de la universidad es el lugar de una constante lucha de poderes que se desarrolla siguiendo una lógica específica: el poder académico y el prestigio intelectual o científico son los dos polos de esa lucha, y las disciplinas y las prácticas dominantes y dominadas se distribuyen en torno a ellos. ¿Cómo se manifiesta este juego de fuerzas e intereses? En los conflictos entre facultades o entre disciplinas; en las pujas por lograr horarios de clases, recursos económicos y personales; en la reproducción del cuerpo de profesores universitarios, en la endogamia de ese cuerpo y en sus modos de reclutamiento y selección; en la exclusión de los adversarios. Pensar que la producción intelectual está exenta de determinismos o que surge del ejercicio libre e independiente del pensamiento es una ilusión: esa producción está condicionada por la ubicación y la trayectoria en el espacio académico, y quienes se consagran al saber (los que lo construyen y lo transmiten, pero también los estudiantes) no deberían soslayar esta evidencia." --Contratapa. In this highly original work, Pierre Bourdieu turns his attention to the academic world of which he is part and offers a brilliant analysis of modern intellectual culture. The academy is shown to be not just a realm of dialogue and debate, but also a sphere of power in which reputations and careers are made, defended and destroyed. Employing the distinctive methods for which he has become well known, Bourdieu examines the social background and practical activities of his fellow academicsfrom Foucault, Derrida, and Lacan to figures who are lesser known but not necessarily less influential. Bourdieu analyzes their social origins and current positions, how much they publish and where they publish it, their institutional connections, media appearances, political involvements and so on. This enables Bourdieu to construct a map of the intellectual field in France and to analyze the forms of capital and power, the lines of conflict and the patterns of change, which characterize the system of higher education in France today. Homo Academicus paints a vivid and dynamic picture of French intellectual life today and develops a general approach to the study of modern culture and education. It will be of great interest to students of sociology, education and politics as well as to anyone concerned with the role of intellectuals and higher education today. A 'book For Burning' -- The Conflict Of The Faculties -- Types Of Capital And Forms Of Power -- The Defence Of The Corps And The Break In Equilibrium -- The Critical Moment. Pierre Bourdieu ; Translated By Peter Collier. Translation Of: Homo Academicus. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [277]-325.