* Lahire is a leading French sociologist who has developed an original theoretical approach that is indebted to Pierre Bourdieu but less deterministic in character.
* This book presents the core of his ‘theory of the plural actor'.
* Lahire argues that in societies where individuals live through heterogeneous and sometimes contradictory social experiences, each person inevitably carries a plurality of roles, ways of seeing, feeling and acting. The aim of this book is to analyse the ways in which this plurality of worlds and experiences is incorporated into the being of each individual.
* This book will appeal to advanced students and academics in sociology, social theory, cultural theory, and literary and cultural studies.