Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 16:39:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Gingras.yves-AT-uqam.ca (Yves Gingras)
Subject: Re:hysteresis


>I have a memory that somewhere Pierre Bourdieu talks about "hysteresis"
>which I think is the way in which changes to dispositions or habitus lags
>behind changes or pressures from external sources.
>
>1) Am I correct?
>2) If so, where does he or others elaborate this idea?
>
>
>Best wishes,
>Peter
>
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You can find references to "hysteresis" in the index of Distinction.


Yves Gingras
Département d'histoire
et Centre interuniversitaire de recherche
sur la science et la technologie (CIRST)
UQAM
C.P. 8888
Suc Centre-Ville
Montréal,Qc
Canada H3C 3P8

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