Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 13:11:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Walter Kramer <walter_k-AT-efn.org>
Subject: Re: Bourdieu and capital




On Fri, 22 Jul 1994, Bryan A Case wrote:

> In DISTINCTION it seems that 'cultural capital' is an expression covering 
> the activities of people determined by their class status, in other words 
> by their position in capitalism.  Like Marx's capital, cultural capital 
> can be hoarded, spent lavishly, etc. - but is most importantly not the 
> same as cultural use value (if I may), which is part of Bourdieu's attack 
> on Kant (who would, according to B., have us all be members of a 
> classless cultural capitalism).  Your Marxist dialogist is quite right; 
> it is not capital as such.  
> 	I haven't read any other Bourdieu yet - can someone add more from 
> other texts?

I ca't add anymore but I thought Cultural capitol reffered to a kind of 
class specific knowledge, like the right kind of knowledge, habits, 
norms, the kinds that open doors. 


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