![]() ![]() ![]() While it is possible to establish theoretical approximations (and differences) between these authors (as attempted by Jones, 2006 and Passiani, 2009, with promising results), that is not our aim in this paper, which will explore actual points of contact such as quotations, reviews, correspondence, and meetings. ![]() The brief, focused correspondence between Raymond Williams (1921-1988) and Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) is factual proof – among others that we will mention shortly – of the existence of a concrete two-way relationship between the Welsh and French authors 3 3 This also suggests the possibility that Thompson might have arranged Williams’ trip to Paris in 1976. This postcard was probably written in 1975, since Thompson’s paper in Actes de la recherche en sciences socials dates from June 1976. Source: Richard Burton Archives – Swansea University. ![]() You probably know all about this: but the man whom I think we should keep contact with is Pierre Bourdieu at the Centre de Sociologie Européenne at the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme.Įxcerpt from an undated postcard from E. A group of scholars of the left, younger than us but not very young, are trying to make contact with the English tradition of “cultural” historical work, as a counter to either Althusserian structuralism or trendy American eclecticism. Just back from a second colloque in Paris: something peculiar is happening there. ![]()
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