Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 19:56:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Dominique Bosse <bossed-AT-ERE.UMontreal.CA> Subject: Re: symbolic violence in late capitalism On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, Frans Schryer wrote: > in response to question/ issues raised: > > I think Bourdieu's notion of symbolic violence (i.e. the process of > subordination which does not involve the direct use of force) is very > current in today's world (including in the so-called late capitalist > phase). Surely the development and differential distribution of high > literacy skills, computer jargon, the specialized discourse of > professinals etc. are all new forms of more prestigious dialects > (apart from the role of standard "educated" English in many countries, > including the U.S. where not everyone speaks English or the right > kind of English). I can easily see symbolic violence as a useful > concept even in relatively homogenous linguistic areas; surely the > men in Kabyle society exercised symbolic violence over women > (regardless of the whole issue of linguistic diversity or even state > expansion). Have you looked at the kind of work (and use of Bourdieu) > done by Lemke (in English studies, rhetoric)? > > F. Schryer How would you apply the concept of symbolic violence to the situation of native speakers of French in Canada? Dominique Bosse` ********************************************************************** 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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