Bourdieu's Social space and symbolic power
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Pierre Bourdieu explores social space and symbolic power in his 1989 sociological theory paper. He diagrams social space as consisting of four types of capital: economic, cultural, social, and symbolic. One's position within social space depends on the types and amounts of capital they possess. Bourdieu also discusses how one's habitus, or sense of place and perception of others, is shaped by their position within the social structure. Finally, he notes that architecture and building are ways that societies construct and legitimize social space through symbolic displays of power.
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?