Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of field

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https://doi.org/10.20336/rbs.910

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sociological research, domination, species of capital, field of power

Abstract

The notion of field was gradually developed by Pierre Bourdieu, firstly based on research on intellectuals, writers and the scientific world, as well as thanks to rereadings of Max Weber, in particular on religions. To think in terms of field is first to think relationally, and to think of power relations and relationships of struggle and domination. This text does not attempt to define field, but rather to evoke, even if in a somewhat subjective way, some important and central points of this theory that Bourdieu was developing. It also raises some questions about the sometimes abusive use of the notion of field in order to call for vigilance in its use.

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Author Biography

Monique de Saint Martin, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

Socióloga, Diretora de estudos na EHESS e pesquisadora do IRIS, ingressou na VIª seção da EPHE, no CSE em Paris, em 1963. Após pesquisas voltadas para a sociologia da educação, dedicou-se à sociologia do poder, das elites e das antigas aristocracias (cf. L’espace de la noblesse), interessando-se pelos processos de reconversão das antigas elites e, atualmente, das elites africanas formadas na URSS ou em países do antigo bloco socialista. Participou ativamente da construção de diferentes grupos e redes de pesquisa internacional.

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Published

02-02-2023

How to Cite

Saint Martin, M. de. (2023). Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of field . Brazilian Journal of Sociology, 10(26). https://doi.org/10.20336/rbs.910