From: "George Free" <gfree-AT-linux.ca> Subject: Re: Objectivity, Kuhn and Bourdieu Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 20:53:28 -0400 > >It seems to me that the links between Bourdieu's notions of scientific >habitus and scientific fields and Kuhn's later ideas on scientific >communities could be more fully explored! > Agreed. One interesting indirect connection is that Kuhn was apparently influenced a great deal in his work by the German tradition of art history. Bourdieu is, of course, an admirer of Panofsky--one of the late representatives of this tradition. The art history tradition was not sociological in nature, but contributed powerfully to the notion of habitus and the structural analysis of 'styles' or patterns of thought -- a point emphasized by Mannheim who, along with the Webers, did try to move this tradition in a sociological direction. In the English-speaking world, we still lack the intellectual tools to carryout the kinds of analyses of the history of culture that the idealist and structuralist traditions of continental Europe developed to a high degree. Kuhn is a bit unusual in this respect for having successfully imported this tradition in to the English-speaking world... cheers, George ********************************************************************** 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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