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Wikipedia: Habitus (Sociology)

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The English-language Wikipedia article on habitus in sociology, covering the concept, its use by Pierre Bourdieu, and the determinism critique made against it. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitus_(sociology)
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
Tier 3 (secondary reference): a general encyclopedia article used for standard, uncontested definitional and historical claims.
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Wikipedia: Habitus (Sociology)
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In 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.
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Claims 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 Topic

  • Social 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-attested

14

Open Questions

Does 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 Concepts

Habitus

Sources

Wikipedia: Habitus (Sociology)

Scholarly debate

1

Social Theory and Concepts

Habitus

Holds

1

Social Theory and Concepts

Habitus

Connected

1

Open Questions

Does 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 References

5

Open Questions

Does 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 Concepts

Habitus
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