The National Habitus

The National Habitus
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 355
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ISBN-10 : 9783110391534
ISBN-13 : 3110391538
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis The National Habitus by : Marie-Pierre Le Hir

Stories about border crossers, illegal aliens, refugees that regularly appear in the press everywhere point to the crucial role national identity plays in human beings' lives today. The National Habitus seeks to understand how and why national belonging became so central to a person's identity and sense of identity. Centered on the acquisition of the national habitus, the process that transforms subjects into citizens when a state becomes a nation-state, the book examines this transformation at the individual level in the case of nineteenth century France. Literary texts serve as primary material in this study of national belonging, because, as Germaine de Staël pointed out long ago, literature has the unique ability to provide access to "inner feelings." The term "habitus," in the title of this book, signals a departure from traditional approaches to nationalism, a break with the criteria of language, race, and ethnicity typically used to examine it. It is grounded instead in a sociology that deals with the subjective dimension of life and is best exemplified by the works of Norbert Elias (1897–1990) and Pierre Bourdieu (1931–2002), two sociologists who approach belief systems like nationalism from a historical, instead of an ethical vantage point. By distinguishing between two groups of major French writers, three who experienced the 1789 Revolution firsthand as adults (Olympe de Gouges, François René de Chateaubriand and Germaine de Staël) and three who did not (Stendhal, Prosper Mérimée, and George Sand), the book captures evolving understandings of the nation, as well as thoughts and emotions associated with national belonging over time. Le Hir shows that although none of these writers is typically associated with nationalism, all of them were actually affected by the process of nationalization of feelings, thoughts, and habits, irrespective of aesthetic preferences, social class, or political views. By the end of the nineteenth century, they had learned to feel and view themselves as French nationals; they all exhibited the characteristic features of the national habitus: love of their own nation, distrust and/or hatred of other nations. By underscoring the dual contradictory nature of the national habitus, the book highlights the limitations nation-based identities impose on the prospect for peace.

Authority, State and National Character

Authority, State and National Character
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 0754635600
ISBN-13 : 9780754635604
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Authority, State and National Character by : Helmut Kuzmics

A cross-disciplinary and methodologically innovative study, this volume combines historical macro-sociology and the sociology of emotions with historical anthropology and cultural studies. The authors' argument is based on an analysis of literary sources, mainly novels and plays, applying a sociology of literature approach. By employing and analyzing empirical details of individual cases and texts, the authors reach a clearer understanding of seemingly intangible and irrational aspects of national identity.

Nationalism and Social Theory

Nationalism and Social Theory
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : 0761954511
ISBN-13 : 9780761954514
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis Nationalism and Social Theory by : Gerard Delanty

A perennial subject for sociologists, nationalism, the focus of this study, is persistent, not merely because of its specific ideological appeal, but because it expresses some of the major conflicts in Western social development.

Limited by Body Habitus

Limited by Body Habitus
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1938769406
ISBN-13 : 9781938769405
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Limited by Body Habitus by : Jennifer Renee Blevins

Jennifer Renee Blevins's debut memoir, Limited by Body Habitus: An American Fat Story, sheds light on her experiences living with the emotional and psychological struggles of taking up space in a fat-phobic world. Bringing together experiences of personal and national trauma, Blevins adeptly weaves the tale of her father's gastric bypass surgery and subsequent prolonged health crisis with the environmental catastrophe of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Blevins looks to each of these events as a "leak" of American society's pitfalls and shortcomings. These intertwined narratives, both disasters that could have been avoided, reveal points of failure in our systems of healthcare and environmental conservation. Incorporating pieces from her life, such as medical transcripts and quotes from news programs, Blevins composes a mosaic of our modern anxieties. Even through despair, she finds hope in mending broken relationships and shows us how we can flourish as individuals and as a nation despite our struggles. Fierce and haunting, this memoir creates a space of narrative through body, selfhood, family, and country.

Habitus: A Sense of Place

Habitus: A Sense of Place
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 444
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ISBN-10 : 9781351931854
ISBN-13 : 1351931857
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Habitus: A Sense of Place by : Emma Rooksby

Habitus is a concept developed by the late French sociologist, Pierre Bourdieu, as a 'sense of one's place...a sense of the other's place'. It relates to our perceptions of the positions (or 'place') of ourselves and other people in the world in which we live and how these perceptions affect our actions and interactions with places and people. Habitus implies that a web of complex processes links the physical, the social and the mental. Inspired by this concept, this compelling book brings together leading scholars from interdisciplinary fields to examine ways in which spaces and places are constructed, interpreted and used by different people. This second edition contains updated chapter material, together with an entirely new introduction and revised conclusions which recognise the importance of Bourdieu's work. This publication is a tribute to Pierre Bourdieu's remarkable contribution to the fields of sociology, anthropology, geography, political philosophy and urban planning.

Prizing Literature

Prizing Literature
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 281
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ISBN-10 : 9781442694590
ISBN-13 : 1442694599
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Prizing Literature by : Gillian Roberts

When Canadian authors win prestigious literary prizes, from the Governor General's Literary Award to the Man Booker Prize, they are celebrated not only for their achievements, but also for contributing to this country's cultural capital. Discussions about culture, national identity, and citizenship are particularly complicated when the honorees are immigrants, like Michael Ondaatje, Carol Shields, or Rohinton Mistry. Then there is the case of Yann Martel, who is identified both as Canadian and as rootlessly cosmopolitan. How have these writers' identities been recalibrated in order to claim them as 'representative' Canadians? Prizing Literature is the first extended study of contemporary award winning Canadian literature and the ways in which we celebrate its authors. Gillian Roberts uses theories of hospitality to examine how prize-winning authors are variously received and honoured depending on their citizenship and the extent to which they represent 'Canadianness.' Prizing Literature sheds light on popular and media understandings of what it means to be part of a multicultural nation.

English National Identity and Football Fan Culture

English National Identity and Football Fan Culture
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 209
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ISBN-10 : 9781472423283
ISBN-13 : 1472423283
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis English National Identity and Football Fan Culture by : Dr Tom Gibbons

Examining football fans’ expressions of Englishness in public houses and online spaces, the author discusses the effects of globalisation, European integration and UK devolution on English society, revealing that the use of the St George’s Cross does not signal the emergence of a specifically ‘English’ national consciousness, but in fact masks a more complex, multi-layered process of national identity construction. A detailed and grounded study of identity, nationalism and globalisation amongst football fans, English National Identity and Football Fan Culture will appeal to scholars and students of politics, sociology and anthropology with interests in ethnography, the sociology of sport, fan cultures, globalisation and contemporary national identities.

Locating Bourdieu

Locating Bourdieu
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 0253110467
ISBN-13 : 9780253110466
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Locating Bourdieu by : Deborah Reed-Danahay

Pierre Bourdieu (1930--2002) had an enormous influence on social and cultural thought in the second half of the 20th century, leaving a mark on fields as diverse as sociology, anthropology, critical theory, education, literary criticism, art history, and media studies. From his childhood in a rural French village, to his fieldwork in Algeria, to his ascension to the Chair of Sociology at the Collà ̈ge de France, Bourdieu's life followed a trajectory both complex and contradictory. In this original and eloquent study, Deborah Reed-Danahay offers fresh insights on Bourdieu's work by drawing on the perspectives of ethnography and autobiography. Using Bourdieu's own reflections upon his life and career and considering the totality of his research and writing, this book locates Bourdieu within his French milieu and within the current state of discussion of Europe and its colonial legacy. Locating Bourdieu revisits major themes and concepts such as structure and practice, taste and distinction, habitus, social field, symbolic capital, and symbolic violence, adding new perspectives and discovering implications of Bourdieu's work for understanding emotion, social space, and personal narrative. The result is a work of impressive scholarship and intellectual creativity that will appeal to scholars, students, and non-specialists alike. New Anthropologies of Europe -- Daphne Berdahl, Matti Bunzl, and Michael Herzfeld, editors

International Handbook of Comparative Education

International Handbook of Comparative Education
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 1371
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ISBN-10 : 9781402064036
ISBN-13 : 1402064039
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis International Handbook of Comparative Education by : Robert Cowen

This two-volume compendium brings together leading scholars from around the world who provide authoritative studies of the old and new epistemic motifs and theoretical strands that have characterized the interdisciplinary field of comparative and international education in the last 50 years. It analyses the shifting agendas of scholarly research, the different intellectual and ideological perspectives and the changing methodological approaches used to examine and interpret education and pedagogy across different political formations, societies and cultures.

Outline of a Theory of Practice

Outline of a Theory of Practice
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 052129164X
ISBN-13 : 9780521291644
Rating : 4/5 (4X Downloads)

Synopsis Outline of a Theory of Practice by : Pierre Bourdieu

Through Pierre Bourdieu's work in Kabylia (Algeria), he develops a theory on symbolic power.