Intellectuals, power and multiculturalism

Article Abstract:

A 1999 article by Pierre Bourdieu and Loic Wacquant touches on issues of intellectual work, power, multiculturalism, American imperialism, and postmodernism. Various responses to the article are discussed.

Multiculturalism

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The missteps of anti-imperialist reason: Bourdieu, Wacquant and Hanchard's 'Orpheus and Power.'(Special Section on Multiculturalism and the Intellectuals)

Article Abstract:

The attack by Pierre Bourdieu and Loic Wacquant on Michael Hanchard's 'Orpheus and Power: The Movimento Negro of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1945-1988' is discussed, with a focus on US-Brazilian dialogue concerning the African diaspora in the New World. Topics include intellectual circulation, the 'McDonaldization of thought,' 'Orpheus and Power,' and race as social mythology in Brazil, France and the US.

Brazil, Race, Hanchard, Michael

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Who sets the terms of the debate? Heterotopic intellectuals and the clash of discourses

Article Abstract:

The 1999 essay by Pierre Bourdieu and Loic Wacquant on the global imperialism of US race relations discourse is discussed. Topics include heterotopic intellectuals, French vocabularies, and converging terminologies.

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