HabitusAnalysis 2 – Praxeology and Meaning

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Meaningful Strategies: Transcendence in Conditions of Conflict

“…8 However, this homology is produced by the model itself and needs more interpretation according to additional data from the interviews and the practical performance of the groups analyzed. With this in mind, it is useful, by further analysis of the interviews, to extend the model of the square to one of a whole network of operators (Schäfer, 2004(Schäfer, , 2020. Nevertheless, this step would aim beyond the purpose of the present contribution which is to present findings of the research on Pentecostalism.…”

“…As the whole research project was framed by Pierre Bourdieu's praxeological theory, it was necessary to fill the gap Bourdieu has left in terms of a method for qualitative research. So, I have developed the above-mentioned method of habitus analysis (Schäfer, 2015(Schäfer, . 2020.…”

“…By adding the dimensions of experience and interpretation, a model for praxeological habitus analysis can be generated. Such a praxeological square enables an insight into the cognitive maps of individual and collective actors, (Schäfer, 2020) as well as into the processes of transformation from perception, through judgment to action (Schäfer, 2005). In other words, not only the specific utterances as forms of praxis have been focused and analyzed but also the way in which different utterances are operators of praxis (Schäfer, 2004).…”

It’s time for a change: A Bourdieusian approach on social change

“…Rather, the modus operandi of praxis is the “dialectic of internalization of externality and the externalization of internality” (Bourdieu, 1977: 72). Following Heinrich Schäfer (2018, forthcoming), one can complement these two operations by a third one, transformation. For the relation between living conditions and action, this means that occupying a certain position in social structure renders the confrontation with certain situations more likely than occupying another position would.…”