This collection of articles is based on an Indo-French seminar on Pierre Bourdieu held to honour the work of this innovative social thinker who died in January 2002. Students and teachers alike will find it a stimulating read.

1. The Crises of Imperial Societies Christophe Charle 2. Thinking the State with Bourdieu and Foucault U. Kalpagam 3. Bourdieua (TM)s Theory of the Symbolic: Traditions and Innovations Sheena Jain 4. The Field of Indian Knowledge in France in the 1930s Roland Lardinois 5. Literature and Politics During the German Occupation Gisele Sapiro 6. Symbolic Violence and Masculine dominance in the Vichy Regime Francine Muel-Dreyfus 7. Habitus, Performance and Womena (TM)s Experience in Everyday Life Meenakshi Thapan 8. Pierre Bourdieu and Anthropology Alban Bensa 9. Documents and Testimony: Violence in the Bombay Riots Deepak Mehta Index