CONVERSATIONS WITH BOURDIEU

Michael Burawoy

Federal University of the Urals Ekaterinburg, December 21, 2012

Prolegomenon

• 1.Extended Case Method : – Inter-connection of research and theory

• 2.Public Sociology: – Whose theory? Folk theory Public Sociology

• 3.Social Movements and Social Theory– Folk theory (SMs) Science (Reconstructing

Polanyi)

• Conversations with Bourdieu– Professional/Critical Sociology

RESEARCH THEORY

I.Extended Case Method

I.Extended Case Method

FOLK THEORY(Ideology – Zambianization Report)

ANALYTICAL THEORY(Science – Fanon, Gouldner)

RESEARCH THEORY

I.Extended Case Method

Whose Theory?

FOLK THEORY(Ideology – Zambianization Report)

ANALYTICAL THEORY(Science – Gouldner, Fanon)

RESEARCH THEORY

I.Extended Case MethodII.Public Sociology

II.Public Sociology

FOLK THEORY(Occupy, Indignados..)

ANALYTICAL THEORY(Reconstructing Polanyi)

RESEARCH THEORY

I.Extended Case MethodII.Public Sociology

III. Social Theory for Social Movements

III.Social Theory for Social Movements

FOLK THEORY(Ideology)

ANALYTICAL THEORY(Science)Bourdieu vs. Gramsci

RESEARCH THEORY

I.Extended Case Method II.Public Sociology

III. Social Theory for Movements

IV.Conversations with Bourdieu – Critical Sociology

IV.Conversations with Bourdieu

OVERVIEW OF BOURDIEU

SYMBOLIC DOMINATIO

N

REFLEXIVITYPUBLIC SOCIOLOGY

PARADOXES OF BOURDIEU

• SYMBOLIC DOMINATION– Defense of Autonomy --> Domination

• PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY– Who is the Public? Dominated without capacity

and Dominant without interest!• REFLEXIVITY– Applies to everyone but himself– Gap between T&P – Scholastic Fallacy – Dominated can’t theorize!

MARX

TMP

AMP

FMP

CMP

C

SUPERSTRUCTURE

MARX: IDEOLOGY

SUPERSTRUCTURE

TMP

AMP

FMP

C

CC

WC

DOMINANT IDEOLOGY

CLASS STRUGGLEMYSTIFICATION

BOURDIEU

• SYMBOLIC DOMINATION

EconomyARTEducat

ion

POLITICS

Field of Power

BAD SENSE

STATE

MISRECOGNITION/HABITUS

BOURDIEU• REALPOLITIK OF REASON

INTELLECTUALS

ART

STATE

EconomyEducat

ionPolitics

Field of Power

BAD SENSE

MISRECOGNITION/HABITUS

Consumption

UNIVERSALITY

GRAMSCI• HEGEMONY = Force +Consent

War of Position

CIVIL SOCIETY STATE

War of Movement

Economic Base

CLASS COORDINATION

Economic Base

Good Sense

Class Coordination

GRAMSCI AND INTELLECTUALS

War of Position

CIVIL SOCIETY

STATE

War of Movement

TRADITIONAL INTELLECTUALS

DOMINANT CLASS

Modern Prince

ORGANICINTELECTUAL

S

COMMON SENSE

TWO PATHS FROM MARX

BOURDIEUSymbolic DominationBad Sense of DominatedTraditional IntellectualsClassification Struggle

GRAMSCIHegemonyGood Sense of DominatedOrganic IntellectualsClass Struggle