Pierre Bourdieu and thoughtful insights in the social sciences

Abstract

The article examines the writings of Bourdieu in which the theme of reflexiviness is all-present and where it is more intermingled with interests and concerns pertaining to anthropology and its eagerness to assume anthropological work itself as its object; in particular El oficio del sociólogo, El campo científico (1968),and his last course at the College de France,with the significant title of Science de la science et reflexivité. The aim is to make evident the use of the reflexive perspective proposed by Bourdieu to promote an anthropology which is conscious of its modus operandi and is able to value its own position within the social sciences and the academic field in general.