Sur le pouvoir symbolique - article ; n°3 ; vol.32, pg 405-411

Pierre Bourdieu

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Annales. Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations - Année 1977 - Volume 32 - Numéro 3 - Pages 405-411
This text attempts to identify the theoretical landmarks which are necessary to the elaboration theory of symbolic power. First, the neo-Kantian tradition (Humbolt- Cassirer or its American variant Sapir-Whorf) which treats the various symbolic forms (myth, language, art, science) as means of understanding and structuring the world, that is, as structuring structures (structures structurantes). Second, structural analysis, which tries to grasp the logic specific to each of these symbolic products. This can be seen, for example, in the conception which Saussure, founder of this tradition, had of language as a structured structure (structure structurée). Finally, the last two traditions : the Durkheimian tradition which sees symbolic forms as instruments providing logical and social integration which contribute to the reproduction of the social order, and the Marxist tradition which reveals that systems of symbols function politically as instruments of domination. Symbolic power, which can only be analyzed in terms of the division of labor among the different agencies of domination is dominated power. It makes its own contribution to social order by representing the other forms of power (economic and political) in a form which is disguised and therefore seen as legitimate
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• Sociologie, société et politique

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• Publié par: ANNALES_ECONOMIES_SOCIETES_CIVILISATIONS
• Publié le: 01 janvier 1977
• Nombre de lectures: 102
• Langue: Français

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Pierre Bourdieu

Sur le pouvoir symbolique

In: Annales. Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations. 32e année, N. 3, 1977. pp. 405-411.

Abstract

This text attempts to identify the theoretical landmarks which are necessary to the elaboration theory of symbolic power. First, the

neo-Kantian tradition (Humbolt- Cassirer or its American variant Sapir-Whorf) which treats the various "symbolic forms" (myth,

language, art, science) as means of understanding and structuring the world, that is, as "structuring structures" (structures

structurantes). Second, structural analysis, which tries to grasp the logic specific to each of these symbolic products. This can be

seen, for example, in the conception which Saussure, founder of this tradition, had of language as a "structured structure"

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providing logical and social integration which contribute to the reproduction of the social order, and the Marxist tradition which

reveals that systems of symbols function politically as instruments of domination. Symbolic power, which can only be analyzed in

terms of the division of labor among the different agencies of domination is dominated power. It makes its own contribution to

social order by representing the other forms of power (economic and political) in a form which is disguised and therefore seen as

legitimate

Citer ce document / Cite this document :

Bourdieu Pierre. Sur le pouvoir symbolique. In: Annales. Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations. 32e année, N. 3, 1977. pp. 405-

411.

doi : 10.3406/ahess.1977.293828

http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/ahess_0395-2649_1977_num_32_3_293828