Lecture 2 The Concept of Habitus
Habitus is identified as a relational concept tool. We don’t live as individuals. We live in accordance with our environment. Three particular terms …show more content…
It involves three individual typologies; embodied, objectified and institutionalised, (Bourdieu, 1986, p. 47). The embodied state, e.g. your walk, is unique to every individual. The objectified state includes material things such as books and paintings. The institutionalised state then refers to academic qualifications. Both embodied and objectified cultural capital are interlinked. E.g. you can own a book and quote from it, but without embodied the knowledge to actually understand it at your own level, it is worthless to you, (Bourdieu, 1986, p. 50). The institutionalized state then formalizes the fact that no matter how much intelligence you possess, it does not count for anything unless you have the degree to prove it, (Bourdieu, 1986, p.