1st Edition
Acting Politics A Critical Sociology of the Political Field
By Alfredo Joignant
Copyright 2019
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
212 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Following Bourdieu, this book seeks ‘to think about politics without thinking politically’, advancing the view that politics as conventionally understood does not take place in a social vacuum, but in the context of a certain topography of society that cannot be reduced to formal spaces (such as a parliament). Engaging with Bourdieu’s theory of fields and focusing specifically on the notion of... Read more
Preface
Introduction
1. The Political Field: Formation, Objectivation and Autonomy
2. Value and Capital
3. The Politics of the Habitus
4. The Institutional Organisation of the Field
5. Political Inequality and Domination of the Field
6. The Power of Ideas
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Alfredo Joignant is Professor of Political Science at the Universidad Diego Portales, Chile, and former president of the Chilean Political Science Association. Principal Researcher at the Center for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies, he is the co-editor of The Politics of Memory in Chile: From Pinochet to Bachelet.
