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A Scholastic Critique of Sociological Theory: on Peter Baehr’s The Unmasking Style in Social Theory

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  1. The term “reflexivity” appears four times in Baehr’s book, none of which concerns Bourdieu.

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Larregue, J. A Scholastic Critique of Sociological Theory: on Peter Baehr’s The Unmasking Style in Social Theory. Am Soc 51, 5–9 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12108-020-09431-7

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