The Weight of the World: Social Suffering in Contemporary Society by Pierre Bourdieu
The Weight of the World: Social Suffering in Contemporary Society

Pierre Bourdieu

The Weight of the World: Social Suffering in Contemporary Society

Pierre Bourdieu

646 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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This book can be read like a series of short stories - the story of a steel worker who was laid off after twenty years in the same factory and who now struggles to support his family on unemployment benefits and a part-time job; the story of a tra...

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