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Pierre Bourdieu

1930 - 2002

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Pierre Bourdieu (UK: , US: ; French: [pjɛʁ buʁdjø]; Gascon: Pèir Bordièu; 1 August 1930 – 23 January 2002) was a French sociologist and public intellectual. Bourdieu's contributions to the sociology of education, the theory of sociology, and sociology of aesthetics have achieved wide influence in several related academic fields (e.g. anthropology, media and cultural studies, education, popular culture, and the arts). During his academic career he was primarily associated with the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris and the Collège de France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Bourdieu is the 3rd most popular sociologist, the 196th most popular biography from France (down from 159th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Sociologist. Learn more about Pierre Bourdieu's academic impact at Rankless.

Pierre Bourdieu was a French sociologist who is most famous for his theory of cultural capital.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Pierre Bourdieu ranks 3 out of 79. Before him are Max Weber, and Émile Durkheim. After him are Theodor W. Adorno, Anthony Giddens, Robert K. Merton, Georg Simmel, Erving Goffman, Talcott Parsons, Marcel Mauss, Norbert Elias, and Ulrich Beck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Pierre Bourdieu ranks 14. Before him are Sean Connery, Gene Hackman, Helmut Kohl, Anton LaVey, Jacques Derrida, and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. After him are Steve McQueen, Mobutu Sese Seko, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Jean-Luc Godard, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, and Ray Charles. Among people deceased in 2002, Pierre Bourdieu ranks 6. Before him are Astrid Lindgren, Richard Harris, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Simo Häyhä, and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. After him are Hans-Georg Gadamer, Thor Heyerdahl, Archer Martin, Billy Wilder, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, and John Rawls.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Bourdieu ranks 196 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809), Louis VII of France (1120), Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683), Nicolas Flamel (1330), André Breton (1896), and Pope Urban VI (1318). After him are Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792), Henry II of England (1133), Alain Prost (1955), Théodore Géricault (1791), Baldwin I, Latin Emperor (1172), and Jean Bodin (1530).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In France

Among sociologists born in France, Pierre Bourdieu ranks 2. Before him are Émile Durkheim (1858). After him are Marcel Mauss (1872), Gabriel Tarde (1843), Alain Touraine (1925), Marcel Granet (1884), Henri Hubert (1872), and Loïc Wacquant (1960).

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