Writing About Pierre Bourdieu Amid a Genocide

ABSTRACT Following the launch of my new book on Pierre Bourdieu's anthropological theory, someone asked me how I had it in me to devote time to writing a theoretical work amid the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. In this essay, I reflect on this question by looking back at the tensions and reflections that animated me as I was finishing my book.

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American Anthropologist
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2026-06-18
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https://doi.org/10.1111/aman.70096
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Sociology and Norbert Elias
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Writing About Pierre Bourdieu Amid a Genocide

Ghassan Hage
American Anthropologist
Sociology and Norbert Elias
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Writing About Pierre Bourdieu Amid a Genocide

Ghassan Hage
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ABSTRACT Following the launch of my new book on Pierre Bourdieu's anthropological theory, someone asked me how I had it in me to devote time to writing a theoretical work amid the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. In this essay, I reflect on this question by looking back at the tensions and reflections that animated me as I was finishing my book.

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