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Field (Bourdieu)
About: Field (Bourdieu) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 11421 publications have been published within this topic receiving 180769 citations.
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01 Jan 1976
TL;DR: Organization Begins is a posthumous publication based on a manuscript originally written by Gordon C. Dickinson in 1993 and then edited by David I. Dickinson and published in 1994.
Abstract: List of PlatesList of IllustrationsPreface (1994)Preface to the First EditionCh. 1Organization Begins3Ch. 2The Rise to Fashion22Ch. 3Wonders of the Past45Ch. 4The Victorian Setting64Ch. 5The Fruits of Efficiency83Ch. 6Exploring the Fringes108Ch. 7Deadlier Weapons126Ch. 8The Field Club142Ch. 9The Parting of the Ways158Ch. 10Dispersed Efforts175Ch. 11Recovery on the Coasts186Ch. 12An Infusion of Mobility202Ch. 13A Break for Play220Ch. 14The Eventual Combining227Notes on Sources245Index257
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the central concepts of Bourdieu's theory of practice can be used to provide an effective and interesting basis for the analysis of social movements, protest and contention.
Abstract: The point of departure for this article is the observation that, despite his own personal involvement as an engaged intellectual, Pierre Bourdieu offers a very thin account of social movement activism, and one pre-empted by the rather limited concept of ‘crisis’. The aim of the article, however, is to argue that the central concepts of Bourdieu’s theory of practice can be used to provide an effective and interesting basis for the analysis of social movements, protest and contention. To this end the article demonstrates how the concepts of habitus, capital and field, in particular, resonate with important findings from the social movement literature. The focus of the article is limited to an engagement with Bourdieu. It connects with other work by the author, however, in which he has argued that Bourdieu’s framework can be used to address very serious problems in social movement theory.
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