Social class, identity and recognition: a bourdieusian critique of Charles Taylor

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https://doi.org/10.5433/2176-6665.2011v16n2p266

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Social Class, Recognition, Pierre Bourdieu, Charles Taylor.

Abstract

The present paper will analyze the concept of social class from a theoretical perspective of the production of identities and communities and the role of the social subject within seminal works of Pierre Bourdieu and Charles Taylor. In both authors, the concept of social class appears connected to a central idea of subject that pervades the field of political action, defining temporally and spatially the objective possibilities of subjective action. Seeking a critical dialogue between these two authors, it is observed how the revision project of the concept of social class proposed by Bourdieu is engraved in a critical project of recognition both in its economic and socio-cultural realms.

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Nicole Louise Macedo Teles de Pontes, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE

PhD in Sociology from the Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB. Professor at the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE.

References

BOURDIEU, Pierre. Razões práticas. Campinas: Papirus, 1997.

FRASER, Nancy; HONNETH, Axel. Redistribution or recognition? a politicalphilosophical exchange. London: Verso, 2003.

SOUZA, Jessé. Uma teoria crítica do reconhecimento. Lua Nova, São Paulo, n. 50, p. 133-158, 2000.

TAYLOR, Charles. A política de reconhecimento. In: TAYLOR, Charles et al. Multiculturalismo: Examinando a política de reconhecimento. Lisboa: Instituto Piaget, 1998. p. 45-94.

TAYLOR, Charles. As fontes do self: formação da identidade moderna. 2. ed. São Paulo: Loyola, 1997.

WACQUANT, Loic. On symbolic power and group making: Pierre Bourdieu’s reframing of class. Preface to Pierre Bourdieu Et klassespørsmål. Oslo: Forlaget Manifest, 2007.

Published

2012-11-16

How to Cite

PONTES, Nicole Louise Macedo Teles de. Social class, identity and recognition: a bourdieusian critique of Charles Taylor. Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais, Londrina, v. 16, n. 2, p. 266–278, 2012. DOI: 10.5433/2176-6665.2011v16n2p266. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/8771. Acesso em: 3 nov. 2024.

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