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Over the course of the late-twentieth century Basil Bernstein pioneered an original approach to educational phenomena, taking seriously questions regarding the transmission, distribution and transformation of knowledge as no other before had done. Arguing tirelessly for change, more than any other British sociologist it is Bernstein who presents to us education as a social right and not as a privilege. It is this objective today that makes his work so important. Knowledge, Pedagogy and Society seeks to clarify the broad brushstrokes of his theories, developed over the span of more than forty years, by collecting together scholars from every corner of the globe; specialists in education, soci...
Le savant et le populaire Face à la culture populaire, les intellectuels tombent fréquemment dans deux écueils symétriques. Célébrant l'authenticité des goûts du peuple et la richesse inaperçue de ses pratiques, par opposition aux faux-semblants des pratiques cultivées, certains oublient que la culture populaire est une culture socialement dominée et, au nom du relativisme, versent dans le populisme. D'autres, n'envisageant la culture des classes populaires que sous les traits du manque, peinent à s'extraire de leur propre légitimisme et cèdent au misérabilisme. C'est à éviter ces deux biais à l'œuvre dans la sociologie, la littérature ou la politique qu'invite cet ouvrage. Claude Grignon Docteur en sociologie, directeur de recherche honoraire à l'INRA, il a notamment publié L'Ordre des choses (Minuit, 1971) et Sociologie et idéologie (Droz, 2008). Jean-Claude Passeron Sociologue, directeur d'études de l'EHESS, il a coécrit avec Pierre Bourdieu Les Héritiers et La Reproduction (Minuit, 1964, 1971) et est également l'auteur du Raisonnement sociologique (rééd. Albin Michel, 2008).
Because the bakers and their bread were central to Parisian daily life, Kaplan's study is also a comprehensive meditation on an entire society, its government, and its capacity to endure.
Les sciences de l'homme sont-elles des sciences, au même titre que les sciences de la nature ? La diversité des sciences compromet- elle l'unité de la science ? Les questions d'épistémologie sont abordées ici dans une perspective nouvelle...
This special issue of the American Journal of Philology illuminates the nature and function of food and dining in the Roman world, offering historical, sociological, literary, cultural, and material perspectives. The articles collected here explore topics from diverse fields to analyze Roman culture and material practice, including the dietary practices and nutritional concerns of the Romans, dining and its links to ideology during the early imperial period, public banqueting and its social function in Roman society, and the emphasis placed on the waiting servant in both domestic and funerary settings. The American Journal of Philology is renowned for its role in helping to shape American classical scholarship. Today the Journal has achieved worldwide recognition as a forum for international exchange among classicists by publishing original research in Greco-Roman literature, and culture.
A major, worldwide threat to agricultural productivity is undoubtedly due to environments with stressful factors, including drought, salinity, and extreme temperatures. Based on contributions presented at the International Conference on Biosaline Agriculture and High Salinity Tolerance, held in Gammarth, Tunisia, November 2006, this book reviews the current state of knowledge in biosaline agriculture and high salinity tolerance in plants.
Appendix IV: Ranking of Respondents on the Cultural, Moral, and Socioeconomic Dimensions.