Introduction: Bourdieu and Language

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsSimon SusenSimon Susen is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at City University London. He previously held lectureships at Birkbeck College (University of London), Newcastle University and Goldsmiths College (University of London). He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and studied sociology, politics and philosophy at a range of international universities and research centres, including the University of Edinburgh, the Colegio de México, the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales in Mexico City and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He is the author of The foundations of the social: Between critical theory and reflexive sociology (Oxford: Bardwell Press, 2007). Along with Celia Basconzuelo and Teresita Morel, he edited Ciudadanía territorial y movimientos sociales. Historia y nuevas problemáticas en el escenario latinoamericano y mundial (Río Cuarto: Ediciones del ICALA, 2010). Together with Bryan S. Turner, he recently edited The legacy of Pierre Bourdieu: Critical essays (London: Anthem Press, 2011). He is an Associate Member of the Bauman Institute and, together with Bryan S. Turner, Editor of the Journal of Classical Sociology. Correspondence to: Simon Susen, Department of Sociology, City University London, London, UK. Email: Simon.Susen@city.ac.uk