Tensions, Actors, and Inventions: Bourdieu’s Sociology of the State as an Unfinished but Promising Research Program
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Tensions, Actors, and Inventions : Bourdieu’s Sociology of the State as an Unfinished but Promising Research Program. / Arnholtz, Jens.
The Oxford Handbook of Pierre Bourdieu. ed. / Thomas Medvetz; Jeffrey Sallaz. Oxford University Press, 2018.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Tensions, Actors, and Inventions
T2 - Bourdieu’s Sociology of the State as an Unfinished but Promising Research Program
AU - Arnholtz, Jens
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Chapter abstract This chapter argues that Bourdieu’s sociology of the state outlines an interesting research program, which focuses on innovation and transformation rather than only domination and reproduction. The chapter begins by presenting some of the epistemological and conceptual elements found in Bourdieu’s sociology of the state. The chapter then goes on to focus on his often overlooked sociohistorical approach to state formation, which involves a research program that emphasizes structural tensions that encourage transformation, specific actors that drive these transformations, and concrete inventions that created the state as a new social phenomenon. As such, the chapter aims not only to present Bourdieu’s sociology of the state, but also to argue that his sociology is much more dynamic, processual, and focused on transformation than is usually assumed in presentations of Bourdieu.
AB - Chapter abstract This chapter argues that Bourdieu’s sociology of the state outlines an interesting research program, which focuses on innovation and transformation rather than only domination and reproduction. The chapter begins by presenting some of the epistemological and conceptual elements found in Bourdieu’s sociology of the state. The chapter then goes on to focus on his often overlooked sociohistorical approach to state formation, which involves a research program that emphasizes structural tensions that encourage transformation, specific actors that drive these transformations, and concrete inventions that created the state as a new social phenomenon. As such, the chapter aims not only to present Bourdieu’s sociology of the state, but also to argue that his sociology is much more dynamic, processual, and focused on transformation than is usually assumed in presentations of Bourdieu.
U2 - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199357192.013.27
DO - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199357192.013.27
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9780199357192
BT - The Oxford Handbook of Pierre Bourdieu
A2 - Medvetz, Thomas
A2 - Sallaz, Jeffrey
PB - Oxford University Press
ER -
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