On Television

Leading dissident intellectual Pierre Bourdieu shows how, far from reflecting the tastes of the majority, television—particularly TV journalism—imposes ever-lower levels of political and social discourse on us all.

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Praise

“This unremitting assault on the impact and pretensions of television demolishes conventional arguments.”
—The Times Literary Supplement
“Cogently argued. . . . Withering.”
—USA Today
“Illuminating. . . . Vivid and clearheaded.”
—The New York Times

Books by Pierre Bourdieu

Sociology Is a Martial Art

Sociology Is a Martial Art

Political Writings by Pierre Bourdieu

Pierre Bourdieu, Gisèle Sapiro
Firing Back

Firing Back

Against the Tyranny of the Market 2

Pierre Bourdieu
Acts of Resistance

Acts of Resistance

Against the Tyranny of the Market

Pierre Bourdieu

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