Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002) was one of the most influential social scientists of the twentieth century. He was a professor of sociology at the Collège de France and the director of studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. His many books include Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of the Market, On Television, Firing Back: Against the Tyranny of the Market 2, and Sociology Is a Martial Art: Political Writings by Pierre Bourdieu (edited by Gisèle Sapiro), all published by The New Press. His book Distinction was named one of the twentieth century’s ten most important works of sociology.