File spoon-archives/bourdieu.archive/bourdieu_1997/bourdieu.9704, message 18


Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 16:25:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Patrick Scott <scott931-AT-uidaho.edu>
Subject: Re: Hecuba




On Wed, 14 May 1997, Thomas Meisenhelder wrote:

> Actually I don't think Bourdieu lacks a clear theory of social
> tansformation.  A lot of his empirical work is about social change (e.g.,
> the studies of the Kabylia).  I see him as saying that changes occur when
> habitus produces expectations no longer (or not yet) possible within a given
> social field.  This mismatch between disposition and field results in
> adjusting expectations or political organization and working to changing the
> structure of the field(s).  
> 
> Tom

Look for mentions of the "hysteresis of habitus" to explore this more-- I
think this is some of the more exciting parts of his work.

-Pat


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