This had been especially the case in the United States and in Britain. As Loic Wacquant put it, his ‘work which is so catholic and systematic in both intent and scope has typically been apprehended in “bits and pieces” and incorporated piecemeal’ ( op. The notions of habitus, field, and capital are intricately connected so there is danger in approaching them separately. Fundamentally concerned with change and practice, Bourdieu’s efforts only make sense in the world when those that engage with them look to praxis – informed, committed action (even if he disliked the word – see below). Instead, he looked as he once commented, to developing ‘thinking tools visible through the results they yield’ (Wacquant 1989: 50). He was dismissive of grand theory and of theory for its own sake. Sadly, the power of these ideas is often be lost in the abstraction and posturing of the academic industry that has grown up around Pierre Bourdieu. As well as deepening our understanding, they can help us to develop practice. We also explore their role in the reproduction of the social order, and in structuring people’s experience of education. Here we examine three key notions informing his labour’s – habitus, field, and capital.

Schooling, academic institutions and local structures were of great interest to him. The concepts he marshals shed considerable light, for example, on the dynamics at work for educators and pedagogues. Bourdieu’s exploration of how the social order is reproduced, and inequality persists across generations, is more pertinent than ever. New generations of researchers have continued to look to him (see, for example, Thatcher et. His work, and that of Michel Foucault, is amongst the most frequently cited of the late twentieth-century social theorists. Pierre Bourdieu’s (1930-2002) theorizing has become a major focus for exploration within sociology.

We examine some key lessons for educators and pedagogues. how to cite this piece Pierre Bourdieu’s exploration of how the social order is reproduced, and inequality persists across generations, is more pertinent than ever.

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