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Bourdieu's Social space and symbolic power
1. Social Space and Symbolic Power
Pierre Bourdieu 1989
Sociological Theory, Vol. 7, No 1,
pp.14-25
2. Social space
A B
D C
A. Economic capital
B. Cultural capital
C. Social capital
D. Symbolic capital
If known and
recognized as
legitimated
(Bourdieu 1986)
In advanced Societies: A+B
3. Social strategy
• Sense of one’s place
• Body, language, time
• Affinities of habitus
• Social classes (groups,
etc.) are cultural
artefacts
• World views depend on
the position in the
social space
Habitus is the sense of the (social)
place one inhabits oneself and the
one inhabited by others.
4. Architectur & Building
• All 4 types of capital!
• Is state building!
• Sinn und Gewinn: how shall the world look
like, we are building?