French sociologist and public intellectual whose interlocking concepts of habitus, cultural capital and field explain how social structures reproduce themselves through embodied, largely unconscious dispositions rather than through explicit rules; by the late twentieth century he had become one of the most cited social scientists in the world, though critics argue his account of habitus tips toward determinism. 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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Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Death DateSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountDenguin, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, France 1 Death PlaceSourced to the subject's own account Nationality / CultureSourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountDeveloped the interlocking concepts of habitus (durable, largely unconscious dispositions), cultural capital (non-financial assets that confer social advantage) and field (an arena of social struggle) to explain how social structures reproduce themselves through embodied practice rather than through conscious rule-following alone. 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountDistinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste (1979) 1 Connections
Associated With
Source Wikipedia: Social Stratification
Institutions Informed
Wacquant was Bourdieu close collaborator and student, co-authoring An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology with him.
Boltanski worked closely with Bourdieu early in his career at the Centre de sociologie europeenne before developing pragmatic sociology partly as a critique of Bourdieu own framework.
Theories Developed
Source Wikipedia: Habitus (Sociology)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: France, nationality there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Pierre Bourdieu
WikipediaIntroduction, description
Pierre Bourdieu (1 August 1930 - 23 January 2002) was a French sociologist and public intellectual.
Infobox, birthplace
Denguin, France
Infobox, place of death
Paris, France
Theory of practice section, key concepts
a habitus of lasting, acquired schemes of perception, thought, and action.
Bibliography, notable work
Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste (1979), which was named one of the twentieth century's most important sociological works by the International Sociological Association.
Introduction, pronunciation
Pierre Bourdieu (UK: /buer-DYOE/, US: /buer-D(Y)OO/; French: [pjer bur-DYOE])
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WikipediaAssociated With: Social Class Stratification, theories sectionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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