Jamie Lynn McCartney
“Is a Disinterested Act Possible?”
Pierre Bourdieu
Arguments:
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One can not do sociology without accepting the “principle of sufficient reason.”
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Does not mean that one must assume that they are rational…or that they have to act and that reasons are what direct, guide, or
orient their actions.
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Social fields require a relationship to their field that is illusion.
Concepts:
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Illusio: the fact of being in the game; of being invested in the game; taking the game seriously; believing that the game is worth the
effort; interest; attributing importance to a social game.
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Indifferent: agent does not see why they are playing; lack ability to perceive division that is necessary to make distinctions; finds
everything the same.
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Habitus: acquired patterns of thought, behavior, and taste forming from the results of culture or objective social structures through
experience
Social Space/
Investment
Actions
Social World
Interested/
Social Fields/Universes
e.g., artistic, bureaucratic,
political
Impose tacit entrance fees
Illusio
Agents
Indifferent
Atraxia
Social Capital