Showing papers on "Field (Bourdieu) published in 1997"

The psychology of attitudes.

Abstract: This is the only truly comprehensive advanced level textbook in the past 20 years designed for courses in the pscyhology of attitudes and related studies in attitude measurement, social cognition. Written by two of the most distinguished scholars in the field, its comprehensive coverage of classic and modern research and theory is unsurpassed.

The rules of art : genesis and structure of the literary field

Abstract: Written with verve and intensity (and a good bit of wordplay), this is the long-awaited study of Flaubert and the modern literary field that constitutes the definitive work on the sociology of art by one of the world's leading social theorists. Drawing upon the history of literature and art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, Bourdieu develops an original theory of art conceived as an autonomous value. He argues powerfully against those who refuse to acknowledge the interconnection between art and the structures of social relations within which it is produced and received. As Bourdieu shows, art's new autonomy is one such structure, which complicates but does not eliminate the interconnection. The literary universe as we know it today took shape in the nineteenth century as a space set apart from the approved academies of the state. No one could any longer dictate what ought to be written or decree the canons of good taste. Recognition and consecration were produced in and through the struggle in which writers, critics, and publishers confronted one another.

Third World political ecology

Abstract: Introduction 1. An Emerging Research Field 2. A Politicised Environment 3. The State 4. Multilateral Institutions 5. Business 6. Environmental Non-Governmental Organisations 7. Grassroots Actors Conclusion

Feminist theory, habitus, and social class: Disrupting notions of classlessness

Abstract: In order to draw out the complexities of social class positionings, this article draws on the case study of Christine, a woman who grew up working-class but came to see herself as “classless.” Bourdieu's notions of habitus and field are utilised in an attempt to analyse sociologically the complex emotional and psychological processes underpinning social class practices within the sphere of parental involvement in education. “Classlessness” no less than identification as middle or working-class can be understood in terms of the shifting, uneasy ways in which class is lived in everyday contemporary Britain.

Literacy and Bourdieu's Sociological Theory: A Reframing

Abstract: This paper argues that the sociological frameworks developed by Pierre Bourdieu provide a powerful model for understanding the functions and consequences of literacies in the life paths of students. Bourdieu's concepts of 'habitus', 'field' and 'capital' offer a sociological vocabulary for analysis and description of students' l iterate competences and life trajectories. Implications for educators, administrators, curriculum developers and teacher-educators identified here include the need for broader public discussions and classroom understandings about field-specific social consequences of literacy.

Philosophies of Social Science: The Classic and Contemporary Readings

Abstract: This collection of over sixty extracts from classic works on the philosophy of social science provides an essential textbook and a landmark reference in the field. It highlights the work of some of the most influential authors who have shaped social science. The texts explore the question of truth, the meaning of scientific knowledge, the nature of methodology and the relation of science to society, including edited extracts from both classic and contemporary works by authors such as Emile Durkheim, Georg Simmel, Max Weber, Alfred Schutz, Max Horkheimer, Jurgen Habermas, Alvin Gouldner, Karl-Otto Apel, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, Anthony Giddens, Dorothy Smith, Donna Haraway, Sigmund Freud, Jacques Derrida and Claude Levi-Strauss. The readings are representative of the major schools of thought, including European and American trends in particular as well as approaches that are often excluded from mainstream traditions. From a teaching and learning perspective the volume is strengthened by extensive introductions to each of the six sections, as well as a general introduction to the reader as a whole. These introductions contextualise the readings and offer succinct summaries of them. This volume is the definitive companion to the study of the philosophy of social science, taught within undergraduate or postgraduate courses in sociology and the social sciences.

The history of exercise and sport science.

Abstract: An historical chronicle of the emergence and growth of the physical education field in the 20th century tracing the evolution of its focus from instruction to nine scientific subdisciplines. The 11 reviews, written by scholars in each field, analyze the events and people who have had a major influen

African-American religion : interpretive essays in history and culture

Abstract: African American Religion brings together in one forum the most important essays on the development of these traditions to provide an overview of the field.

Concepts in social research: links with the field of health services evaluation

Abstract: This paper discusses theories and research perspectives from the social sciences and their role in constituting the field of "health services evaluation". The objective is to present less explored theoretical fields such as the "comprehensive" and "dialectical" approaches. Finally, the study presents a methodological proposal based on a qualitative approach to the evaluation of health services and projects.

The Reproduction of Exclusion and Disadvantage: Symbolic Violence and Social Class Inequalities in ‘Parental Choice’ of Secondary Education:

Abstract: Following the enhancement of parental choice through the 1988 Education Act, an increasing body of educational literature, aside from describing parent wants and the implications for internal organisation and external marketing, includes criticism of it as yet another way of privileging the middle class over the working class (eg. Halstead, 1994). This paper argues that parental choice is a social field where social relations are reproduced, reinforced and mediated. As such, it is an important area for sociological study which, to date, has been neglected. Drawing on some preliminary analysis of a research study, this paper critically examines the merits of using the work of Pierre Bourdieu to facilitate a sociological analysis of parental choice. The paper concludes that parental choice is a new aspect of social reproduction that clearly demonstrates Bourdieu's explanation of the interrelation between 'habitus' and social 'field'.

Feminist sociology : life histories of a movement

Abstract: This collection of 13 life stories recaptures the history of a political and intellectual movement that created feminist sociology as a field of inquiry The authors show how life experiences, both good and bad, effect the formation of social theory, political movements and intellectual thought

The field of educational technology as reflected through its definitions

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to examine how, over time, the major definitions of the field of educational technology have reflected changes in the field itself. Major definitions from the early 1900s through 1994 are reviewed and compared. Each definition is discussed in terms of the events and ideas that were current at that time. Major changes in the field, as reflected by the definitions, are identified and thoughts regarding future definitions are presented.

Business Planning as Pedagogy: Language and Control in a Changing Institutional Field

Abstract: Language and power are central to an understanding of control. This paper uses the work of Pierre Bourdieu to argue that an enriched view of power, in the form of symbolic violence, is central. We examine the pedagogical function business plans played in the provincial museums and cultural heritage sites of Alberta, Canada. The struggle to name and legitimate practices occurs in the business planning process, excluding some knowledges and practices and teaching and utilizing other knowledges and ways of viewing the organization. We show that control involves both redirecting work and changing the identity of producers, in particular, how they understand their work through the construction of markets, consumers, and products. This process works by changing the capital, in its multiple forms-symbolic, cultural, political and economic-in an organizational and institutional field.

The Death Penalty: An Historical and Theological Survey

Abstract: This is a history of theological, philosophical, legal and popular arguments for the viability of capital punishment, by an authority in the field. The book shows how capital punishment has been ineffective and thus implicitly argues for its elimination. The author says no kind of history like this has ever before done.

Passport to Duke

Abstract: Editor’s Introduction The following text was prepared by Pierre Bourdieu for delivery at a conference on his work held at Duke University, April 21–23, 1995. Entitled “Pierre Bourdieu: Fieldwork in Culture,” the conference was sponsored by the Duke Graduate Program in Literature and included such well-known literary scholars as Barbara Herrnstein Smith, Jonathan Culler, and Fredric Jameson. Bourdieu, of course, was the invited guest of honor, but was uncertain as to whether he should make the effort of attending, particularly since he was recovering from a short period of poor health. As I too had been invited (and seemed more familiar with the American scene), Bourdieu discussed the question with me in Paris. He was rather concerned about wrongheaded, trendy applications of his theories by American literary scholars, who often misunderstand his work because they simply do not know the intellectual landscape to which it relates. Reading such conference paper titles as “Cross-Dressing for Success: The Scramble for Symbolic Power in Tabitha Sweeney’s Female Quixotism,” Bourdieu confessed his fear of being taken as simply the French intellectual flavor of the month, one whose theory is used simply as grist for the American academy’s industrious mills of literary interpretation. He ultimately decided to send the following text to be read at the conference in his absence. It treats, with polite frankness, his worries about being misinterpreted through importation into the American theoretical field with its peculiar conception of French philosophy; Bourdieu’s paper situates these particular worries within a more general account of “allodoxic”distortions caused by the international travel of theory; but it also tries to prevent further misunderstanding by offering a brief contextualization of his theory and a brief summary of his method of analysis through fields. The translation of Bourdieu’s text was prepared by Loic Wacquant, and is presented here with only minor adjustments.

Critical Discourse Research

Abstract: Educational researchers active in the critical study of language as ‘discourse’ are interested in language as a social practice. In other words, they investigate the way language constructs and is constructed by a wide variety of social relationships. These relationships might be as varied as those between writer and reader; teacher and student; test maker and test taker; school and state. What makes the researchers ‘critical’ is the shared assumption that social relationships are seldom constituted on equal terms. Social relationships may reflect and constitute inequitable relations of power in the wider society, on terms that may be defined, amongst others, by gender, race, class, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. For this reason, critical discourse research is centrally concerned with the way language is implicated in the reproduction of and resistance to inequitable relations of power in educational settings. It is important to note, however, that there is no coherent ‘field’ of critical discourse research. Although critical discourse researchers share a common interest in language, power, and social justice, they are associated with a wide variety of fields, including linguistics, education, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and philosophy.

Gender and Australian Industrial Relations Theory and Research Practice

Abstract: Gender is a significant—if understudied—theme in the field of Australian industrial relations. This paper reflects on some of the ways in which the theory of industrial relations—more precisely, it...

Foucault, Bourdieu and the Field of Irish Sexuality:

Abstract: Sociological analysis of Irish sexuality has been notable for its absence. This paper examines the contribution which Foucault's theory of sexuality as a discourse of truth and apparatus of power m...