Elements of Bourdieu: Distinctions Create Boundaries

[likecrunchyness]

Love these videos!

[SuperJUSTME90]

Argh I just want to crawl under a bridge, I still don't get it.

[peterhbg]

I like this. Thank you.

Does anyone know if "On television" exists on video in a translated version?

[askmenowsillygirl]

abosolutely great, very clever and a beautiful way of putting across! that is the genius of Bourdieu for me though, relevant and experiential, I know i can relate and think of times that I have seen that demonstrated! well done on making this and please keep them coming

[ElementsofSoc]

Thank you! I appreciate the comment. I'm working on more.

[tlevy72]

Philosophy and cinema can go so well together.

Cinema IS NOT USED but presented as a form of experience and experience that resonate with philosophical questions

[silverman567]

one hell of a soundtrack

[samuelsackeroff]

Did you go to Berkeley?

[ElementsofSoc]

Yes -- class of '94

[Syltryggen70]

Thanks for uploading/producing. I think Bourdieu´s theories will spread to a wider audience this way. Not many these days have the stamina to read a whole book... But this way you´ll probably get more people interested. Good work! -Thony

[ElementsofSoc]

Thank you!  I'm trying to present Bourdieu in different ways. His ideas are exciting, but his writing style is off-putting to the average college undergraduate (I think).

[AnzLilos]

could you say cultural knowledge is equivalent to cultural capital itself? I mean, exclusively.

[ElementsofSoc]

Thanks for watching!

Cultural capital requires cultural knowledge, but cultural capital (in Bourdieu's meaning)is cultural knowledge considered legitimate and valuable by the holders of symbolic capital (those with a high degree of economic, social, and cultural capital). Also, I don't think it's exclusive to knowledge, but cultural capital can be embodied and can be made fungible and transferable (an antique purchased by a banker with an "eye" for art trying to impress a client). -- Brian

[chiquitagarbonzo]

Bourdieu's sociology, specifically on class fractions and the distribution of knowledge, can be applied to the very systems within which he is working- critical theory, publishing, university politics, cocktail party dialogue. that art is cultural capital which can somehow distribute itself outside of ownership is inchoate. art (which includes theory and criticism) is an isolated discipline like anything else but exists, often, in public / free spaces- much like the library exists for Bourdieu.