SMC219Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Relativity Media, Doxa, Pierre Bourdieu
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Ideas built on karl marx (everything relies on capital which comes from labor). He thinks marx is right (based on something we can measure) but he thinks it is not based on capital. Symbolic capital: includes marx"s idea of capital. People are influential because they have a lot of money (high class, famous) broadening the idea of marx, capital comes in many forms education, cultural/family name, wealth, religious, fame. Human society relies on social interactions based on capital. Goal in society is not just wealth, but is wealth and power and influence. Field: where or when any exchange of capital takes place, when the rules or codes are established (a place or time) System of the institution sets him up for the capital. Our behavior also sets him up for it (teacher and students both expect the teacher to be in charge).