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Archer, Margaret S.. (2011) Habitus, reflexividade e realismo. Dados: revista de ciencias sociais, Vol.54 (No.1). pp. 157-206. ISSN 0011-5258

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0011-52582011000100005

Abstract

Many scholars continue to ascribe a fundamental role to routine action in social theory and defend the continuing relevance of Bourdieu's concept of habitus. Meanwhile, the majority recognize the importance of reflexivity. In this article, Archer examines three versions of efforts to render these concepts mutually compatible: "empirical combination", "hybridization", and "theoretical and ontological reconciliation". In analytical terms, none of these versions is fully successful. The empirical argument is that the relevance of habitus began to decline in the late 20th century, in light of major structural changes in advanced capitalist democracies. In these circumstances, habitual forms have proven incapable of providing guidelines for people's lives, thus making reflexivity necessary. The article concludes with the argument that even the reproduction of one's birth history now constitutes a reflexive activity, and that the most favorable mode of its production, which the author refers to as "communicative reflexivity", is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Subjects:

H Social Sciences > HM Sociology

Divisions:

Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

Habit

Journal or Publication Title:

Dados: revista de ciencias sociais

Publisher:

Instituto Universitario de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro

ISSN:

0011-5258

Official Date:

2011

Dates:

Date	Event
2011	Published

Volume:

Vol.54

Number:

No.1

Page Range:

pp. 157-206

Identification Number:

10.1590/S0011-52582011000100005

Status:

Peer Reviewed

Publication Status:

Published

Description:

Abstract in English, article in Portuguese.

Translated As:

Archer, M. S. (2010). Routine, Reflexivity, and Realism. Sociological Theory, 28(3), pp. 272–303.

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