# Pierre Bourdieu's Critique of the Intellectual

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Podcast: [Emancipations Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/emancipations-podcast-479035)
Published: 2026-03-13T13:05:57+00:00
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## Resource

We discuss Pierre Bourdieu's legacy and its implications for understanding intellectuals. You can find C. Derick Varn at VarnVlog. In addition to going through some of Bourdieu's key categories, these are the primary readings we discuss: Pascalian Meditations by Pierre Bourdieu Homo Academicus by Pierre Bourdieu The Political Ontology of Martin Heidegger by Pierre Bourdieu "The Role of the Intellectual in the Modern World" by Pierre Bourdieu Distinction by Pierre Bourdieu

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