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Pierre Bourdieu

The six-part lecture series covers global inequalities through the perspectives of Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Pierre Bourdieu. It examines how capitalism leads to the accumulation of different forms of capital that reproduce social inequalities. Bourdieu argued that economic, social, and cultural capital are unevenly distributed and reinforced through institutions like education and social networks.

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Pierre Bourdieu

The six-part lecture series covers global inequalities through the perspectives of Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Pierre Bourdieu. It examines how capitalism leads to the accumulation of different forms of capital that reproduce social inequalities. Bourdieu argued that economic, social, and cultural capital are unevenly distributed and reinforced through institutions like education and social networks.

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GLOBAL INEQUALITIES
Global Inequalities 3.
GLOBAL INEQUALITIES

October 7th, 2019


Dr Giovanni Picker | [email protected]
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Max Weber
(1864-1920)

Power

Class Status Party


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(Economic (Social (Political


order) order) order)
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Power

Two ideas of power:

Macht - Coercion & Herrschaft - Authority


Class, Status & Party
“…the chance of a man “… the chance that a
or of a number of men command with a specific
to realize their own will in content will be obeyed by a
a communal action, even given group of persons”
against the resistance THREE TYPES:
GLOBAL INEQUALITIES

of others”
Legal-rational
Traditional
Charismatic
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1860s-1870s 1910s

Capitalism

Surplus Value Power


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Class Status Party


Two Classes (Economic (Social (Political
order) order) order)
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The six Lectures on Global Inequalities

1. Karl Marx (1818-1883) on Capitalism and Social Class

2. Max Weber (1864-1920) on Class, Status and Party

3. Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) on Culture and Social Class


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4. Class Formation and the Global Division of Labour

5. Global Inequalities: Colonial Genesis


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6. Global Inequalities: Contemporary Dynamics


5/13 SOCIAL INEQUALITIES

Capitalism Capital
Power (Econ. | Social | Cultural)
Surplus Value

Social
C|S| P Reproduction
Two Classes

Karl Marx Max Weber Pierre Bourdieu


(1818-1883) (1864-1920) (1930-2002)
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Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002)
• French Sociologist and Social
Anthropologist.

• Very influential Professor of


Sociology.

• Mainly interested in social theory,


culture, inequalities.
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BÉARN
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Capital

Capital assumes different forms “…in a general science


of the economy of practices” (P. Bourdieu)

Economic Money and property

Social Network of relationships


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Cultural Education, knowledge, manners


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FIELDS
Econo
mic
Social

CLASSROOM Cultu FAMILY


ral

INDIVIDUAL
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FRIENDS Other fields…


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CAPITAL DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSACTION
Field: Public transport
OBJECTIFIED

C E

EMBODIED

C
S C
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INSTITUTIONALIZED
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Capital
(Econo | Social | Cultural)

Social
Reproduction

Pierre Bourdieu
(1930-2002)
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Social Reproduction through the Transmission
of Economic Capital & Cultural Capital
EMBODIED, OBJECTIFIED AND INSTITUTIONALIZED CULTURAL CAPITAL
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https://vimeo.com/92709274

8:45-11:33
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Social Reproduction through Distinction


EXAMPLE: The Lion King (1994)
ZAZU
EMBODIED CULTURAL CAPITAL
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Conclusion
• Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002): Sociologist born and
raised in rural France;

• Unequal distribution of capital:


- Economic Capital: Money and property;
- Social Capital: Networks of relationships;
- Cultural Capital: Education, knowledge, manners.

• Social Reproduction through Transmission of Capital


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and Distinction
SOCIAL INEQUALITIES

Capitalism Capital
Power (Econ. | Social | Cultural)
Surplus Value

Social
C|S| P Reproduction
Two Classes

Karl Marx Max Weber Pierre Bourdieu


GLOBAL INEQUALITIES

(1818-1883) (1864-1920) (1930-2002)

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