Bourdieu and Social Movements

Joseph Ibrahim is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Leeds Beckett University, UK. His research interests are in social theory, political and social movements, ideology, and social network analysis. He has published a number of journal articles on British anti-capitalism and the student protest movement.

• 1. Introduction: A New Era of Social Movement Analysis: A Bourdieusian Approach2. Anti-neoliberalism and British Anti-capitalism3. Towards a New Theory of Social Movement Practice4. Political Distinction and the Reflexive Anti-capitalist Habitus5. Fields of Struggle: Ideological Competition and Conflict6. A Very British Coup: Transforming Fields Through Superior Capital7. The Occupy Movement: a Crisis of Doxa8. Conclusion