Pierre Bourdieu

economic capital and correlated with the dominant culture as contrasting concepts, such as the rules of the language products, knowledge and symbolic systems, incident or behavior type, value, and to refer to the aesthetic tastes, inclinations, etc. (P. Bourdieu) uses this concept to investigate the phenomenon of class inequality in cultural life scenes, ownership of capital in economic activity, possession of cultural capital that is just as divided according to rank distribution and…

Pierre Bourdieu was born on 1 August 1930 in Denguin, France. He attained a degree in philosophy and was also the gold medalist of the National Centre for Scientific Research. Throughout his life, he contributed to various areas of discussions and involvements that include art and culture, education, language and methodology (Grenfell 2012:12-14). Bourdieu was also influenced by Karl Marx and adapted his theories to elaborate further on capital in regards to class divisions. Similar to Marx,…

As said by Pierre Bourdieu, “The function of sociology, as of every science, is to reveal that which is hidden.” Whether they mean to or not, humans are constantly interacting with both others and the environment. When we take a closer look at these interactions, there is almost always several underlying meanings and reasons to why we do the things we do. Sociologists use theories such as dramaturgy and idealization to examine and analyse these behaviors, while using things such as roles and…

Through his text Language and Symbolic Power, French linguist Pierre Bourdieu introduces a market metaphor in order to explain the ways that communicative exchanges relay both messages contained in words and nonlinguistic information about a person’s social status. He explains that in the process of “linguistic exchange,” speakers are able to gain “symbolic profit” and ultimately, societal advancement. Within this metaphor, Bourdieu coins the terms “linguistic competence,” a person’s ability to…

Working off the initial framework of taste developed by Pierre Bourdieu in his Distinction, that “art and cultural consumption are predisposed, consciously and deliberately or not, to fulfil a social function of legitimating social differences.” (Bourdieu 6) Holt explains that one’s taste in art and aesthetics is largely an extension of the cultural capital they have accumulated. In Holt’s example, the person singing the praises of Milos Forman to a friend over dinner is flaunting their…

Pierre Bourdieu’s essay, The Forms of Capital, outlines three forms of cultural capital: the embodied state, objectified state, and institutionalized state. An example of the embodied state is a person’s accent. An example of the objectified state is an…

Pierre Bourdieu’s “The Peculiar History of Scientific Reason” is a brief article full of lengthy words and complex notions. Throughout the paper, Bourdieu seems to be making multiple arguments when he is in fact making a single assertion: despite the preferred view that science is created in a vacuum, there are numerous social factors that define the essence and history of science, and the study of these social definitions is perhaps the best way for sociologists to discover the nature of social…

had won. The missile sites were relocated to northern Ontario and Quebec since it would cause huge problems if the missiles were to destroy Soviet bombers over the major cities near the border and they were fitted with nuclear warheads. In 1969, Pierre E. Trudeau removes all nuclear…

Multiculturalism is another huge factor which changed Canada and became part of its identity. Multiculturalism can be referred to as, “ an ideological aspiration celebrating diversity”(Hyman, Meinhard & Shields, 2011, pg.3). Globalization played a huge role in establishing Canada as a sovereign multicultural state. Canada can be considered to be cultural mosaic as it is home to variety of cultures and religions from across the globe. However, colonization of Canada resulted in formation of a…

social security, or unemployment insurance? Well, the answer is because our great prime ministers. Canada has had several great prime ministers. Great prime ministers that Canada has had include William Lyon Mackenzie King, Lester B Pearson, and Pierre Trudeau. Canada has had several great prime ministers. Another great prime minister of Canada is Lester B Pearson. Lester B Pearson is a politician, statesman, public servant, and a professor. He was born on April 23,1897 in Ontario. He wanted…