Pierre Bourdieu

Question 1

Genetic structuralism (3)

Answer 1

A) Interrelation of structure and action

B) How does structure come about? How is it reproduced? How does it manifest itself in reality?

C) Practice -> habitus
Social structure is inside us

Question 2

Habitus (3)

Answer 2

A) Social life is a game

B) Definition:
Characteristic way of acting in the game

C) Characteristics:
1. Disposition for action
2. Embodied sensibility (e.g. taste)
3. Makes structured improvisation possible
4. Structure is inside us
5. Constrains & enables
6. Is socially shared
7. Makes social coordination possible
8. Differentiated & differentiating

Question 3

Fields (3)

Answer 3

A) Social games are organized into different fields

B) Autonomy of the fields:
Each field has its distinctive game

C) Action in a field is strategic

Question 4

Capital (4)

Answer 4

A) Accumulated currency in the game of a specific field

B) Kinds of capital:
Economic capital (money)
Social capital (connections, network)
Cultural capital (prestige)

C) Conversion is possible under certain conditions

D) Intergenerational reproduction of capital

Question 5

Homology (5)

Answer 5

A) Practices and tastes are connected to a particular class at a given point in time

B) Nothing intrinsically upper class in their practices or tastes
E.g. golf

C) Definition:
System of social positions
System of habitus
System of choices
System of class distinctions
Binds social positions to a set of practices (Relation between them)

D) Two principles of differentiation:
Economic capital & cultural capital

E) Corresponding habitus
E.g. politically left or right