Home›Sources›Wikipedia: Habitus (Sociology)SourcesWikipedia: Habitus (Sociology)Encyclopedia ArticleCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextSociety and Culture Atlas. "Wikipedia: Habitus (Sociology)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-habitus.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextSociety and Culture Atlas. (n.d.). Wikipedia: Habitus (Sociology). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-habitusCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{societyandcultureatlas-wikipedia-habitus-sociology, author = {Society and Culture Atlas}, title = {Wikipedia: Habitus (Sociology)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://society.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia-habitus}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingThe English-language Wikipedia article on habitus in sociology, covering the concept, its use by Pierre Bourdieu, and the determinism critique made against it.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (22 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedWikipediaURLWell-attestedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitus_(sociology)Source TypeWell-attestedEncyclopediaAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested3Tier 3 (secondary reference): a general encyclopedia article used for standard, uncontested definitional and historical claims.SourcesWikipedia: Habitus (Sociology)tier 3WikipediaArticle, self-citation: entity-descriptionQuote, Article, self-citation: entity-descriptionIn sociology, habitus is the way that people perceive and respond to the social world they inhabit, by way of their personal habits, skills, and disposition of character.View the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (22 claims)This source backs 22 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSocial Theory and Concepts, 9 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 4 general references.Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Well-attested14Open QuestionsDoes Pierre Bourdieu's concept of habitus leave genuine room for individual agency and social change, or does it describe social reproduction so deterministically that actors become little more than automata executing internalized dispositions?Social Theory and ConceptsHabitusSourcesWikipedia: Habitus (Sociology)Scholarly debate1Social Theory and ConceptsHabitusHolds1Social Theory and ConceptsHabitusConnected1Open QuestionsDoes Pierre Bourdieu's concept of habitus leave genuine room for individual agency and social change, or does it describe social reproduction so deterministically that actors become little more than automata executing internalized dispositions?General References5Open QuestionsDoes Pierre Bourdieu's concept of habitus leave genuine room for individual agency and social change, or does it describe social reproduction so deterministically that actors become little more than automata executing internalized dispositions?Social Theory and ConceptsHabitusComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year