In Search for a Bourdieusian Approach to “Gentrification”: Looking through the Radiance of Academic Doxa

In Search for a Bourdieusian Approach to “Gentrification”: Looking through the Radiance of Academic Doxa

Despite the potential of Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology to advance debates of urban studies, this potential is so far used only superficially. In this article I take arguments from the debate on gentrification as an example to show how Bourdieu’s sociology could help us look through the common sense no...

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Main Author: Tadas Šarūnas
Format: Article
Language:Lithuanian
Published: Vilnius University Press 2021-06-01
Series:STEPP: Socialinė Teorija, Empirija, Politika ir Praktika
Subjects:
Bourdieu
gentrification
housing policy
symbolic violence
Online Access:https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/STEPP/article/view/19143
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In Search for a Bourdieusian Approach to “Gentrification”: Looking through the Radiance of Academic Doxa
STEPP: Socialinė Teorija, Empirija, Politika ir Praktika
Bourdieu
gentrification
housing policy
symbolic violence
author_facet Tadas Šarūnas
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title In Search for a Bourdieusian Approach to “Gentrification”: Looking through the Radiance of Academic Doxa
title_short In Search for a Bourdieusian Approach to “Gentrification”: Looking through the Radiance of Academic Doxa
title_full In Search for a Bourdieusian Approach to “Gentrification”: Looking through the Radiance of Academic Doxa
title_fullStr In Search for a Bourdieusian Approach to “Gentrification”: Looking through the Radiance of Academic Doxa
title_full_unstemmed In Search for a Bourdieusian Approach to “Gentrification”: Looking through the Radiance of Academic Doxa
title_sort in search for a bourdieusian approach to “gentrification”: looking through the radiance of academic doxa
publisher Vilnius University Press
series STEPP: Socialinė Teorija, Empirija, Politika ir Praktika
issn 1648-2425
2345-0266
publishDate 2021-06-01
description Despite the potential of Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology to advance debates of urban studies, this potential is so far used only superficially. In this article I take arguments from the debate on gentrification as an example to show how Bourdieu’s sociology could help us look through the common sense notions of urban studies. But despite the critique for the debate on gentrification, I argue that we should keep on approaching these empiric locations. They enable us to produce sensitive stories on the effects that social forces have on our everyday lives in cities and – in particular – to show the role that housing policy has in the reproduction of power relations.
topic Bourdieu
gentrification
housing policy
symbolic violence
url https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/STEPP/article/view/19143
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