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Homo academicus

This self-analysis of the French academic world examines the social background and practical activities of academics - their social origins and current positions, how much they publish and where, their media appearances, political involvements, and so on.
Print Book, English, 1988
Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif., 1988
xxvi, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780804714662, 9780804717984, 9780745602585, 0804714665, 0804717982, 0745602584
19069599
A 'book for burning'
The conflict of the faculties
Types of capital and forms of power
The defence of the corps and the break in equilibrium
The critical moment
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