Pillars in the works of Loïc Wacquant: against a fragmented reception

TY - JOUR

T1 - Pillars in the works of Loïc Wacquant

T2 - against a fragmented reception

AU - Delica, Kristian Nagel

AU - Hansen, Christian Sandbjerg

PY - 2016/12/1

Y1 - 2016/12/1

N2 - The critical and polemic receptions of the work of Loïc Wacquant has been extensive, but to a large extent focused on specific works and colored by professional specialty, that is, in a word: fragmented. In counteracting that fragmented response, the article sheds light on the undercurrents in Wacquant's works by stressing four prominent and consistent features: his heritage from (and updating of) Bourdieu; his emphasis on and constant practice of theory (implicit as well as explicit); the distinct ethos with which he addresses political sociology (in the dual form of a sociology analyzing the effects of the political productions of populations categories and a so-called 'civic sociology'); and finally, the persistent and ubiquitous critique of everything in existence - a thematic indicator permeating each and every one of his works. Thus the article proposes a unifying reading of Wacquant as an interpretation advocating revitalization of a critical social science.

AB - The critical and polemic receptions of the work of Loïc Wacquant has been extensive, but to a large extent focused on specific works and colored by professional specialty, that is, in a word: fragmented. In counteracting that fragmented response, the article sheds light on the undercurrents in Wacquant's works by stressing four prominent and consistent features: his heritage from (and updating of) Bourdieu; his emphasis on and constant practice of theory (implicit as well as explicit); the distinct ethos with which he addresses political sociology (in the dual form of a sociology analyzing the effects of the political productions of populations categories and a so-called 'civic sociology'); and finally, the persistent and ubiquitous critique of everything in existence - a thematic indicator permeating each and every one of his works. Thus the article proposes a unifying reading of Wacquant as an interpretation advocating revitalization of a critical social science.

KW - Critique

KW - Generic sociology

KW - Historical epistemology

KW - Sociological reflexivity

KW - Wacquant

KW - Pædagogisk sociologi

KW - Socialpædagogik

KW - Samfund/samtid

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85000936516

U2 - 10.1177/0725513616654797

DO - 10.1177/0725513616654797

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85000936516

SN - 0725-5136

VL - 137

SP - 39

EP - 54

JO - Thesis Eleven

JF - Thesis Eleven

IS - 1

ER -