[Marxism-Thaxis] Pierre Bourdieu and Erich Fromm

2010-06-02 Thread Domhnall Ó Cobhthaigh
Stephen, sorry I don't speak German very well at all, certainly not sufficient to read any of this material in German. But thanks anyway. CB, I think you misinterpreted me - perhaps it's my own inadequate self-expression - I think Bourdieu's approach is fundamentally marxist - it does not

[Marxism-Thaxis] Fromm and Bourdieu

2010-06-02 Thread Domhnall Ó Cobhthaigh
Thanks everyone for all the help. cb - I take your point. I ventured somewhere with the Lenin stuff that I did not want to. I obviously have misunderstood the little I've read...more reading there remains. Ralph - thanks for your summary it helped a lot. Am looking forward to those

[Marxism-Thaxis] Pierre Bourdieu and Erich Fromm

2010-06-01 Thread Domhnall Ó Cobhthaigh
I'm trying to expand my horizons. One person who's work I'm looking into is Pierre Bourdieu. What are the key works from a marxist perspective? I'm also keen to find out any marxist critiques on his work - although I have to say from the little I have read it looks to be very much marxist