Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 13:12:07 +1000
From: Robert van Krieken <robertvk-AT-extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>
Subject: Habitus


In his lecture to the Kant Society (published in ZfS 1(1/2) 1932), Max
Horkheimer said:

'The concept of "habitude," to which French research ascribes an important
function in the treatment of social-psychological questions, superbly
describes the result of the process of socialization [Bildungsprozess]: the
strength of the psychological dispositions that lead to the social action
demanded of individuals' (Between Philosophy and Social Science, 1993: 122).

Does anyone know which 'French research' Horkheimer's referring to? Is is
possible there were French writers who pre-dated the German use of 'habitus'
- it seems odd that Horkheimer didn't appeal to a German tradition. 

Robert van Krieken

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