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Pierre Boudieu: Power in Society

Dengui, France 1930, a woman gives birth to a baby boy who would later be renowned intellectual, his name is Pierre Bourdieu. Bourdieu grew up speaking Gascon which is now a dead regional language and was the only one in his family to finish his studies past 16. During all of his studies he boarded at the facilities in Pau, and at multiple facilities in Paris. He got a degree in Philosophy at 25 years old. After getting his degree he taught at his alma matter, he later went to finish his military service which took him to Algeria where he later taught at the University of Algiers. This influenced his first publications which addressed the sociological Algerian situation he saw before him. He later went back to Paris to teach once again and was later named director at The Centre de Sociologie Européenne. Here he focused on 3 main areas: education, art, and methodology. Little is known about his personal life except that he was married and had 3 sons. He also became editor at a well-kno