From: "Bublitz" <abubl1-AT-hrz.uni-paderborn.de> Subject: Re: Looking for elaborations of Habitus by Bourdieu Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 20:10:15 +0100 Dear Peggy Seany, Bourdieu uses the term habitus in almost every book, but the most clear explanations are to be found in the >sociology of symbolic forms<, the >theory of practice< as well as in >social sense<. He >borrows< the term >habitus< from Marcel Mauss (who uses it in >Sociology and Anthropology<, vol. 2, where he talks about body -techniques and collective cultural habits (see for the discussion of Bourdieu-Mauss the list in january this year). Bourdieu elaborates this concept to a kind of >generative grammar< of social practice and action, which is up to a society as a whole, a social class or the individual.It is understood as a kind of embodiement of society which functions unconscious and without being formulated anywhere. It is a concept to explain why power is reproduced unintentionally and why social differences continue as they are; habitus is thus a distinctive mechanism to construct social, cultural and invidiual differences. So far for now; hope, this helps a bit.. Hannelore Bublitz > Von: Peggi Sweany <mfsweany-AT-mtu.edu> > An: bourdieu-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu > Betreff: Looking for elaborations of Habitus by Bourdieu > Datum: Montag, 7. Dezember 1998 17:25 > > I know this has been on the list before but I can't find the information in > my archives. > > A colleague of mine is interested in locating some work (short of > book-length) in which Bourdieu elaborates his use of the notion of > 'habitus.' He would also be interested in intelligent (rather than > reactionary) critiques of Bourdieu's work with this term. He has read > several of Bourdieu's texts (translated). > > If you would prefer replying privately, send them to > falersweany-AT-gocougs.wsu.edu > > Thank you for any suggestions you may have. > > > Gregariousness is the refuge of mediocraties. Dr. Zhivago > > Margaret L. FalerSweany, Rhetoric & Technical Communication > Humanities Department, WAHC 319 > Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931 > 906-482-0367 Fax: 906-487-3559 Email: falersweany-AT-gocougs.wsu.edu > > > > ********************************************************************** > Contributions: bourdieu-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu > Commands: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu > Requests: bourdieu-approval-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ********************************************************************** 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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