A inter-relação bourdieusiana : habitus, campo e capital

Abstract

The starting point of French philosopher and sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s theoretical construct are inequalities in social reality. In seeking to understand social reality and the individual's position in it, the author develops a theory aimed at overcoming the dichotomy between the subjectivist and objectivist theories of his time. Taking relational thinking as a guide to the theory identified as structuralist constructivism or constructivist structuralism, the author proposes to highlight from empirical research the practical sense in the actions of social agents. This proposal results in a practice theory or praxeology, in which practice is the driver of positions, dispositions and position-taking by social agents. Thus, the concepts of habitus, field and capital are developed to provide an overview of the social environment from the notion of social space. On these grounds, the aim of this dissertation is to demonstrate the interrelationship between the triad of concepts: habitus, field and capital. In order to achieve this goal, it proposes an initial contextualization of the Bourdieusian thought in space-time, followed by an independent presentation of each concept, and finally a survey of the points which help demonstrate the interrelations between the triad of Bourdieusian concepts.