Who did Bourdieu's research criticize?
Marx, Freud, Weber, Durkheim, Lévi-Strauss, Panofsky and Mauss
Einstein, Newton, Galileo, Tesla, and Hawking
Shakespeare, Goethe, Tolstoy, Dickens, and Poe
Darwin, Mendel, Watson, Crick, and Carson
Answer
Bourdieu's research was critical of the work of many notable thinkers, including Marx, Freud, Weber, Durkheim, Lévi-Strauss, Panofsky and Mauss. He argued that their work was overly deterministic and that they failed to account for the role of human agency in social and cultural life. He also criticized their lack of attention to the role of power and inequality in social structure.
Mastering the Mind of Pierre Bourdieu: A Quiz on the Legacy of the Brilliant French Scholar
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