Ideology, Nationalism and Law: Legal Tools for an Ideological Machinery in Latvia

Critique of the “Juridical”: Some Metatheoretical Remarks

“…As regards a specific methodological toolbox, Pierre Bourdieu's critical sociology could be an interest possibility -amongst others -for designing empirical research agendas (in both senses, textual desk research, and fieldwork). Bourdieu's methodology, despite its certain rigidity, has the advantage of putting in the centre of its interest questions of power, cultural capital and ideology (which Bourdieu theorises as doxa and as sensus communis 42 ), which makes it prima facie well suited for a critical research agenda. Of course, as any research methodology, Bourdieu's framework should not be accepted uncritically, especially with a view to its embeddedness in French juridical reality of the 20 th century, which may require adequate modifications to suit research of the Central and Eastern European juridical field of the 21 st century.…”