Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 09:25:49 -0500 (EST)
From: George Free <aw570-AT-freenet.toronto.on.ca>
Subject: Re: Bourdieu and epistemology


On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Tobin Nellhaus wrote:

> 
> Perhaps this has been discussed previously (I'm fairly new to this list), but
> it seems to me that on the whole, Bourdieu's epistemology is compatible with
> the philosophy of "critical realism" being developed by Roy Bhaskar (and
> others).  Bhaskar too emphasizes the relational character of social
> structures, defends the possibility of science, and criticizes positivism and
> transcendental idealism (roughly synonymous with Bourdieu's objectivism and
> subjectivism) while in certain ways drawing from both.  Bourdieu's concept of
> "structuring structures" also bears a lot of similarity to Bhaskar's
> "generative mechanisms."
> 
	Sounds interesting. I don't think this has been discussed on this
list. There's a brief discussion about Bhaskar and Bourdieu in Bridget
Fowler "An Introduction to Pierre Bourdieu's Understanding." (Theory,
Culture and Society, 1996 vol 13, no.2). I haven't read Bhaskar myself, so
I can't comment on it. I'd like to hear more though.

cheers,
George

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