UprootingPierre Bourdieu (1930 2002) was one of the most influential sociologists and anthropologists of the twentieth century. He was Professor of Sociology at the Collge de France and Director of Studies at the cole des hautes tudes en sciences sociales. Abdelmalek Sayad (1933 1998) was an Algerian Sociologist and Director of Research at the CNRS and the cole des hautes tudes en sciences sociales.