Sociology Is a Martial Art (2001) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

2001 · 146 mins · French

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Starring

Gary Reich, Pierre Carles, José Bové, Pierre Bourdieu, Loïc Wacquant

“'Sociology is a martial art, a means of self‑defence,' says Pierre Bourdieu. Over three years, filmmaker Pierre Carles follows him through a brief dialogue with Günter Grass, a lively meeting in a working‑class suburb, his exchanges with students and colleagues, and his plea that sociology become part of city life. The documentary captures Bourdieu’s accessible, grounded French intellectual perspective on contemporary society.