布尔迪厄一直致力于揭露所有社会领域中存在的统治关系：统治者将他们的价值观念强加给被统治者，被统治者不知不觉地参与了对自身的统治。这其中就包括潜藏在男性和女性无意识中的“性别统治”。《男性统治》正是布尔迪厄为从理论上颠覆表面上自然的、合法的性别等级，从实践上为妇女解放提供更大的可能性所做出的努力。

《文化与权力(布尔迪厄的社会学)/世纪前沿》的作者是戴维·斯沃茨。 《文化与权力》是在谣方社会学界，特别是布尔迪厄研究领域享有盛誉的著作。布尔迪厄是当今世界最具影响力的社会理论家之一，他的著作对于 20世纪90年代以来的汉语学界产生着越来越大的影响。但是对于不熟悉法国思想文化语境的中国学者而言，解读布尔迪厄却不是一件容易的事情。作为对布尔迪厄著作的综合的，批判性的检讨，本书围绕布尔迪厄理论的一个核心主题——文化与权力之间的关系展开，对布尔迪厄社会学的基本概念进行了清楚的界定与梳理，并通过详细的材料令人信眼地呈现了布尔迪厄的社会理论的学术渊源，分析了布尔迪厄如何综合了从涂尔干、马克思、韦伯以来的西方社会学理论和实践，并受到萨特、列维-斯特劳斯和阿尔都塞等思想家的影响。

"I often say sociology is a martial art, a means of self-defence. Basically, you use it to defend yourself, without having the right to use it for unfair attacks." (Pierre Bourdieu) The world has witnesses who speak out loud what others keep to themselves. They are neither gurus, nor masters, but those who consider that the city and the world can be thought out. The sociologist, Pierre Bourdieu is one such witness." Over a three- year period, Pierre Carles' camera followed him through different situations: a short conversation with Günter Grass, a lively conference with the inhabitants of a working-class suburb, his relations with his students and colleagues and his plea that sociology be part of the life of the city. His thinking has a sort of familiarity, which means it is always within our reach. It is the thinking of a French intellectual who has chosen to think his times.