Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 09:54:54 -0500
From: owner-bourdieu


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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 16:49:32 +0000 (GMT)
From: Alan C. Hudson <ach1005-AT-hermes.cam.ac.uk>
To: bourdieu-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU
Subject: practice/action
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Dear All,
	I've got a little qu*ry that I was hoping that someone might be 
abe to h*lp me with. It is Bourdieu related I think so I feel that this 
is an appropriate forum.

Basically I've been distracted again from the presing business of 
finishing my Ph.D. by my increasing realization that social sciences 
ought, I think, to be about studying the (social) practices and 
institutions (rules and resources in Giddens' terms) which are involved 
in the structuration (regulation?) of society.

Anyway, this line of enquiry has taken me towards phenomenology and the 
idea of 'everyday life'. (Has anyone read any de Certeau on the 'practice 
of everyday life' or Lefebvre on 'a critique of everyday life'?)

Specifically my question is, is there a difference between practice 
(maybe praxis) and action, and similarly practice-based theories and 
action-based theories?

Is anyone familiar with R.J. Bernstein's writings on this sort of area: 
his 'Beyond objectivism and relativism' and earlier works.

Any comments, thoughts, or, somewhat optimistically given the question, 
answers, would be much appreciated. Perhaps even a discussion on the 
list. Surely not! :)

best wishes,
alan

PS: To Alan Smart - I'm still intending to get back to you about my 
thoughts about regulatory practices and practices. Your message remains 
in my inbox awaiting a spare moment.

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Alan C. Hudson,

Department of Geography,		and		Fitzwilliam College,
University of Cambridge,				Cambridge,
CB2 3EN,						CB3 0DG,
United Kingdom.						United Kingdom.

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