Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 13:08:13 -0500
Subject: Re: Ynt: question
From: Zeynep Arsel <zarsel-AT-bus.wisc.edu>


Sorry, I should have given the citation in my first e-mail. It is actually a
chapter of a book. Here it is:

Bourdieu, Pierre. 1998. "Is a Disinterested Act Possible?" Pp. 75-91 in:
Practical Reason: On the Theory of Action. Stanford: Stanford University
Press.

On 5/1/03 1:01 PM, "budak-AT-egenet.com.tr" <budak-AT-egenet.com.tr> wrote:

> Hi Zeynep,
> I remember the title of this article but not the full quotation. Could you
> give it.
> Thanks
> Ozgur
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Zeynep Arsel <mailto:zarsel-AT-bus.wisc.edu>
>> To: bourdieu-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 8:43 PM
>> Subject: Re: question
>> 
>> Itıs been a while since I last read it, so I apologize it turns out to be
>> irrelevant but there should be an article titled "Is a Disinterested Act
>> Possible?" by Bourdieu. Hope this helps.
>> -Z
>> 
>> On 5/1/03 11:36 AM, "kennarfl-AT-hotmail.com" <kennarfl-AT-hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hey list,
>>> 
>>> I'm one of those so-called newbies, so treat me tenderly.
>>> 
>>> I just finished Distinction and had a question.  In the chapter on culture
>>> and politics, Bourdieu discusses a disconnect between class condition and
>>> political consciousness (e.g., a working-class guy who is politically
>>> conservative and an evangelical Christian).  Mediating this "disconnect" is
>>> class interest, but Bourdieu never identifies the principles of assignment
>>> that would link a specific class with a specific interest.  The conventional
>>> way of defining "interest" is by identifying a social agent's (or class of
>>> agents') subjective intentions/beliefs.  Yet, Bourdieu seems to define
>>> "interest" objectively, outside the social agent's consciousness, by
>>> suggesting that there is a true politics associated with the
>>> social/economic condition of the social agent that trumps the false
>>> politics associated with myth, religion, nationalism, etc.
>>> 
>>> If anyone could point me in the direction of relevant articles/books, I'd
>>> appreciate it, especially something that takes into account mass media and
>>> PR.
>>> 
>>> Thanks much,
>>> Michael Franklin
>>> University of MN
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> Zeynep Arsel
>> PhD Student and Project Assistant
>> University of Wisconsin
>> Department of Marketing
>> 
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Zeynep Arsel
PhD Student and Project Assistant
University of Wisconsin
Department of Marketing

Please do not swallow dependent media!
http://www.mediawar.info/home.htm
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