Outline of a Theory of Practice
1977 · Cambridge University Press · 10.1017/CBO9780511812507
Overview
A foundational relational account of patterned practice.
Core Question
How can patterned practice be understood without reducing it to rules or conscious calculation?
Central Argument
Practice is shaped through socially formed dispositions and relations of power without mechanically determining every action.
Theoretical Contribution
Anchors habitus, practice, and relational attention to structure and power.
Theory Relationships
- Practice Theory (Bourdieu) — founding text
Reading Focus
- Separate habitus from deterministic personality claims.
- Do not name any social setting a field without relational evidence.
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- VerifiedThe linked record verifies this work's bibliographic details and lawful access route. — Bourdieu, P. (1977). Outline of a Theory of Practice. Cambridge University Press.
- Editorially ReviewedThe central argument, theoretical contribution, relationship, and reading emphasis are bounded Syntag editorial syntheses, not quotations or claims of universal consensus.
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