The French social theorist Pierre Bourdieu is now recognized as leading intellectual of the late twentieth century, and one whose ideas are very much relevant for the twenty-first.This comprehensive acount of Bourdieu's life and work located both in their social and political context, thereby tracing the origins of his ideas and theories. It explains and explores just what Bourdieu argued for and why. It also illuminates the social, political, and philosophical strands that run through his work. Michael Grenfill's broad scope takes in Bourdieu's response to The Algerian Crisis, his ideas for t.