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The Weight of the World Social Suffering in Contemporary Society

Paperback • 1999 • English

The Weight of the World Social Suffering in Contemporary Society

By Pierre Bourdieu, Alain Accardo

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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 trade unionist who finds his goals undermined by the changing nature of work; the story of a family from Algeria living in a housing estate in the outskirts of Paris whose members have to cope with pervasive, everyday forms of racism; the story of a school...Show more

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ISBN

9780745615936

Publisher

Polity Press

Published year

1999

Language

English

Original title

The Weight of the World Social Suffering in Contemporary Society

Format

Paperback

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