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The Sociology of Howard S. Becker: Theory with a Wide Horizon
Alain Pessin
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Description for The Sociology of Howard S. Becker: Theory with a Wide Horizon
Hardcover. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139. .
Howard S. Becker is a name to conjure with on two continents in the United States and in France. He has enjoyed renown in France for his work in sociology, which in the United States goes back more than fifty years to pathbreaking studies of deviance, professions, sociology of the arts, and a steady stream of books and articles on method. Becker, who lives part of the year in Paris, is by now part of the French intellectual scene, a street-smart jazz pianist and sociologist who offers an answer to the stifling structuralism of Pierre Bourdieu. French fame has ... Read more
Howard S. Becker is a name to conjure with on two continents in the United States and in France. He has enjoyed renown in France for his work in sociology, which in the United States goes back more than fifty years to pathbreaking studies of deviance, professions, sociology of the arts, and a steady stream of books and articles on method. Becker, who lives part of the year in Paris, is by now part of the French intellectual scene, a street-smart jazz pianist and sociologist who offers an answer to the stifling structuralism of Pierre Bourdieu. French fame has ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226362717
SKU
V9780226362717
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About Alain Pessin
Alain Pessin (1949 2005) was a French libertarian sociologist and the author of many books. Steven Rendall is professor emeritus of romance languages at the University of Oregon. He has translated more than forty books into English, including most recently Montaigne: A Life.
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