Habitus
Durable, socially shaped dispositions that orient perception, judgment, and practical action.
Overview
Durable, socially shaped dispositions that orient perception, judgment, and practical action.
Meanings Across Theories
Observable Research Manifestations
- Patterned practical judgments, biography-linked accounts, and counter-cases may be examined.
Common Misuse
- Treating habitus as destiny or inferring it from class labels alone.
Related scholars
- Pierre Bourdieu — Source author and existing scholar page.
Sources & verification
- VerifiedThe linked record provides the source-specific vocabulary and bibliographic anchor for this concept page. — Bourdieu, P. (1977). Outline of a Theory of Practice. Cambridge University Press.
- Editorially ReviewedThe definition, cross-theory distinction, related-entity explanation, and misuse warning are Syntag editorial synthesis, not a quotation or universal consensus.
- Research GuidanceObservable research manifestations are study-dependent options, not a measurement recipe or automatic inference.
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