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With Weber against Weber: In Conversation with Pierre Bourdieu
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The article was published on 2011-01-01. It has received 20 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ideal type & Habitus.read more
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Bourdieu, Marx, and Capital: A Critique of the Extension Model
TL;DR: It has been claimed that in extending its critical problematic to the cultural sphere, Pierre Bourdieu transcends the economism of Marx's concept of capital as mentioned in this paper, but this claim must be rejected.
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Varieties of Sociological Field Theory
Daniel N. Kluttz,Neil Fligstein +1 more
TL;DR: Field theory offers a view of social life concerned with how a set of actors orienting their actions to one another do so within a meso-level social order as discussed by the authors, where the sociological game of jockeying for position constantly plays out.
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A Reply to My Critics: The Critical Spirit of Bourdieusian Language
TL;DR: The authors provide a detailed response to the above commentaries by Lisa Adkins, Bridget Fowler, Michael Grenfell, David Inglis, Hans-Herbert Kogler, Steph Lawler, William Outhwaite, Derek Robbins and Bryan S. Turner.
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Symbolic closure: Towards a renewed sociological perspective on the relationship between higher education, credentials and the graduate labour market
TL;DR: The authors explored how our understanding of the graduate labour market can be improved by re-assessing some of the insights of the conflictual tradition within sociology, in particular, its theorising of social closure and the use of educational credentials within the labour market.
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Charismatic violence and the sanctification of the super-rich
Linsey McGoey,Darren Thiel +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe and analyse how an elite section of the global rich, through mega-giving and a re-emerging notion of "noblesse oblige" that is enshrined in the philanthro-capitalism movement, have fostered a sacred rationale for their extreme wealth.