Pierre Bourdieu: del rigor intelectual a la rigurosa subversión

Abstract

After decades of a productive work in which Professor Bourdieu has accumulated a huge intellectual, symbolic and academic capital, internationally acknowledged and built upon the accuracy of his research, the richness of his concepts and the commitment expressed by his opinions, it seems as if in the past decade he had decided to use this capital in struggles and issues properly political, first exposing every imposture that hides behind the interests of and statements made by the economically and intellectually dominant groups, secondly upholding the most characteristic and universal values of Western civilization and, finally, reminding intellectuals and artists of the role they must play in this regard. The project that seems to lie behind his last statements and public interventions -and this article intends to show just what kind of project this is- is based, as usual, on highly rigorous and suggestive research.