Bridging the Study of Culture and Religion: Pierre Bourdieu's Political Economy of Symbolic Power

Swartz, David L.

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“…Although Bourdieu himself never took advantage of his advanced sociology to study religion, its theoretical and methodological tools can be applied equally to religion, as has been shown, for instance, by contributions stressing the concept of 'habitus' (Barrett, 2010;Fer, 2010;Köhrsen, 2014;Nelson, 2009;Rey, 2005;Schäfer, 2011;Schäfer, 2015) and the notion of the social field (Seibert, 2010;Swartz, 1996). As Bourdieu`s work is highly complex and multifaceted, a full review of the potentials of Bourdieu's theory and the entanglements of different concepts (e.g.…”

Section: A Bourdieuian Theory Of Religious Tastes and Stylesmentioning

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Religious Tastes and Styles as Markers of Class Belonging: A Bourdieuian Perspective on Pentecostalism in South America

Köhrsen

2017

Sociology

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Studies on the relationship between social class and religion tend to highlight the demographic dimension of class, but neglect its symbolic dimension. By addressing the symbolic dimensions through a Bourdieuian approach, this article contends that religious tastes and styles can be employed as class markers within the sphere of religion. A case study on Argentinean Pentecostalism and in-depth analysis of a lower and middle class church illustrate how symbolic class differences are cultivated in the form of distinctive religious styles. While the lower class church displays a style marked by emotional expressiveness and the search for life improvement through spiritual practices, the middle class church performs a sober and calm style of Pentecostalism. The study highlights the role of styles in the reproduction of class boundaries, while shedding a critical light on the importance of tastes.

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Section: A Bourdieuian Theory Of Religious Tastes and Stylesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Religious Tastes and Styles as Markers of Class Belonging: A Bourdieuian Perspective on Pentecostalism in South America

Köhrsen

2017

Sociology

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“…Those findings have shown that there are major similarities in the societal and organizational culture in Middle Eastern countries in general (Mostafa, 2005). Some of the similarities that they found can be explained by the common Islamic religion that most populations of these countries share (Swatrz, 1996;Tayeb, 1997;Hicks, 2002;Rice, 2006b). On the other hand, differences in languages, ethnic backgrounds, and economic and social institutions account for the differences in their cultures and implicit leadership theories as well.…”

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Culture and Leadership: Comparing Egypt to the GLOBE Study of 62 Societies

Elsaid

2012

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The purpose of this paper is to improve our understanding of the western conceptions of leadership in competition with emerging leadership paradigms in non-western societies. We examine the societal culture in Egypt using GLOBE's nine cultural attributes and dimensions. Paired sample t-tests were used to test for differences in the Egyptian data that was collected. The data was collected from 142 Egyptian middle managers from 19 organizations from 2008 to 2011. It was compared to the data collected as part of the GLOBE research project. The results showed that Egyptians are most interested in reducing the power distance and increasing the future orientation aspects of their societal culture.

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“…Toplumsal aktörler, maddi çıkar peşinde koştukları gibi, simgesel çıkar peşinde de koşarlar. Koşullara bağlı olarak biri diğerine tercih edilebilir ya da biri diğerini elde etmek için kullanılabilir (Swartz, 1996: 3).…”

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Bourdieu’nun Materyalist ve Siyasal Din Okuması Üzerine

Kaya¹

2014

Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

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Bu çalışmada, Pierre Bourdieu'nın alan kuramı çerçevesinde dine yaklaşımının, Klasik Sosyoloji'nin üç önemli ismi olan Marx, Durkheim ve özellikle de Weber'in din anlayışlarını hesaba katarak geliştirdiği iddia edilmektedir. Bourdieu bu tartışmalarda mezkur düşünürleri bazen olumlayarak bazen de karşı çıkararak bir din yaklaşımı geliştirmiştir. Bourdieu, Weber'in dinin dünyaya yönelik oluşu fikrini ilerleterek, dinin bir ekonomi veya siyaset alanı gibi sermaye ve iktidar ilişkileriyle örülü bir alan olduğunu ve bu alanın öznelerin iradelerinden ve niyetselliğinden bağımsız olarak işleyen nesnel bir uzam olduğunu iddia etmektedir. Çalışmada, Bourdieu'nun meta teorisi de hesaba katılarak dini materyalist bir analize tabi tutmasının düşünsel arka planı incelenmektedir.

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Bridging the Study of Culture and Religion: Pierre Bourdieu's Political Economy of Symbolic Power

Cited by 101 publications

References 15 publications

Religious Tastes and Styles as Markers of Class Belonging: A Bourdieuian Perspective on Pentecostalism in South America

Religious Tastes and Styles as Markers of Class Belonging: A Bourdieuian Perspective on Pentecostalism in South America

Culture and Leadership: Comparing Egypt to the GLOBE Study of 62 Societies

Bourdieu’nun Materyalist ve Siyasal Din Okuması Üzerine

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