Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 12:39:18 +1000 From: Robert van Krieken <robertvk-AT-extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> Subject: Mauss, Habitus again Yes, of course, Mauss, forgot about him! >:o I've just looked up the question of the sources of Habitus in Jenkins' book, and he says the following: 'In Bourdieu's appropriation of the word, it derives in the first instance >from 1967 and an appendix which he contributed to his own translation into French of Panofsky's _Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism_. Before that, however, it appears in a variety of settings, in, among others, the work of "Hegel, Husserl, Weber, Durkheim and Mauss" [In Other Words, p. 28]' As Camic argues, the concept of habit seems to have been part of the general intellectual 'common good' of most philosophers and social scientists up until about mid-century, when it disappeared from view, which Camic attributes, in the US at least, to the dynamics of the institutionalization of sociology as a discipline distinct from psychology, biology and economics. In other words, the issue may be less where did the concept come from, than why did people stop using it? And, what are the broader implications of its utilization by Bourdieu (and Elias) for contemporary social thought? Camic seems to think it undermines much of the structure of post-war social theory. Robert van Krieken ********************************************************** Department of Social Work, Social Policy & Sociology University of Sydney Australia 2006 Tel: +61-2-351-2641 Fax: +61-2-351-3783 ********************************************************** 'Technology is literary criticism carried on by other means' - Bruno Latour ********************************************************** ********************************************************************** Contributions: bourdieu-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu Commands: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu Requests: bourdieu-approval-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
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