Cultural capital, according to bourdieu, is gained mainly through an. In cultural reproduction and social reproduction 1977, pierre bourdieu and jeanclaude passeron presented cultural. In the field of sociology, cultural capital comprises the social assets of a person that promote. It is mostly employed in relation to the education system, but on the odd occasion has been used or developed in other discourses. This paper provides a critical analysis of its origin, meaning and functions. The forms of capital as we have been reading and analysing several pieces of work related to education and schooling, i chose to summarize the theoretical paper on education written by pierre bourdieu in 1986 entitled the forms of capital. The concept of cultural capitalwas first introduced by french. A summary of pierre bourdieu on cultural capital by. In this paper, two main types of capitals are described, but i will be only focusing on cultural capital.
The sociological theory of pierre bourdieu provides the basis for identifying and typifying the forms of capital on which domination in various social fields is based. This theoretical basis is used to clarify the main elements for a general theory of political capital through. For bourdieu, the term habitus refers to the collective. Key concept in outline of a theory of practice 1977 pierre bourdieu provides a framework both for understanding the way that cultural settings reproduce the means of their own production, and for analysing the effect of this reproduction on the particular subjects of a given habitus. The seminal question the concept of cultural capital was developed by pierre bourdieu and jeanclaude passeron to analyze the impact of culture on the class system and on the relationship between action and social structure. Bourdieu, campo, capital, habitus, interjuego youtube. Pdf this paper explores the possible uses of bourdieus cultural capital. The concept of cultural capital was first introduced by french sociologist pierre bourdieu 1984. Capital resources the amount and distribution of capital determines ones position in social space within each field, one tries to augment and profit from capital types of capital economic cultural social bourdieu and the use of economic terms each field has a. Capital cultural, escuela y espacio social pierre bourdieu.
Pierre bourdieu 19302002 was one of the most influential social scientists of the twentieth century. The concept of cultural capital has received widespread attention all around the world, from theorists and researchers alike. Capital cultural, escuela y espacio social del autor pierre bourdieu isbn 9789682320545. Use of bourdieus cultural capital can be broken up into a number of basic categories.