Outline of a Theory of Practice

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Outline of a Theory of Practice is a foundational sociological work by Pierre Bourdieu that develops his influential concepts of habitus, field, and practice to explain how social structures and individual actions are mutually shaped.

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Label	Occurrences
Outline of a Theory of Practice canonical	2
Esquisse d’une théorie de la pratique, précédé de trois études d’ethnologie kabyle	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ sociology book ⓘ theoretical work ⓘ
aimsToExplain	how dispositions generate practices ⓘ how social structures shape dispositions ⓘ relationship between structure and agency ⓘ
author	Pierre Bourdieu ⓘ
centralArgument	objectivist and subjectivist approaches must be overcome through a theory of practice ⓘ social practices result from the interaction of habitus, capital, and field ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
discipline	anthropology ⓘ sociology ⓘ
empiricalBasis	Kabylie ⓘ surface form: Kabyle society in Algeria
genre	social theory ⓘ sociology of culture ⓘ
hasPart	ethnological studies of Kabyle society ⓘ
influenced	anthropology ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ education research ⓘ political sociology ⓘ sociology of culture ⓘ
influencedBy	Claude Lévi-Strauss ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Max Weber ⓘ Émile Durkheim ⓘ
keyConcept	doxa ⓘ field ⓘ habitus ⓘ misrecognition ⓘ practice ⓘ symbolic capital ⓘ symbolic violence ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
mainTopic	anthropology of Kabyle society ⓘ field (sociology) ⓘ habitus ⓘ practice theory ⓘ social practice ⓘ social structure and agency ⓘ
notableFor	formulation of field theory in sociology ⓘ influence on later works by Pierre Bourdieu ⓘ systematic development of the concept of habitus ⓘ
originalTitle	Outline of a Theory of Practice self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Esquisse d’une théorie de la pratique, précédé de trois études d’ethnologie kabyle
relatedWork	Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste ⓘ Practical Reason: On the Theory of Action ⓘ The Logic of Practice ⓘ
theoreticalFramework	post-structuralism ⓘ practice theory ⓘ structuralism ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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Pierre Bourdieu → notableWork → Outline of a Theory of Practice ⓘ

Outline of a Theory of Practice → originalTitle → Outline of a Theory of Practice self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Esquisse d’une théorie de la pratique, précédé de trois études d’ethnologie kabyle

The Logic of Practice → relatedWork → Outline of a Theory of Practice ⓘ