Karl Marx and the language sciences – critical encounters: introduction to the special issue

The prolific and varied body of work produced by Pierre Bourdieu is coming once again to be appreciated by linguists and other scholars after two decades of an “ebb tide” that typically follows the attainment of a world reputation in the social and behavioural sciences. In Bourdieu's case the ebb has been increased by resentments and misunderstandings that can be traced to the historical and political context in which he conducted his research...