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Bourdieu in hyperspace: from social topology to the space of flows

Jean-Sébastien Guy
- 05 Oct 2018 - 
- Vol. 28, Iss: 3, pp 510-523
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In this paper, the authors focus on Bourdieu's topological conception of social space to expand on it and develop an alternative model, which is based on the topology of social spaces.
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This article focuses on Bourdieu’s topological conception of social space to expand on it and develop an alternative model. Bourdieu describes social space as topological because it consists of a s...

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