Define Bourdieu’s notion of habitus. What is the relationship between habitus and social structure (space)?

What will be an ideal response?


The habitus is a mental filter that structures an individual’s perceptions, experiences, and practices such that the world takes on a taken-for-granted, common-sense appearance. It refers to an individual’s “dispositions” or “mental structures” through which the social world is apprehended and expressed through both verbal and bodily language (Bourdieu 1990a:131). capital. It is these two forms of capital that constitute the “externality” that is internalized via the habitus by forming the social space within which points of view are taken.

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A. lower levels of disability; lower health-related quality of life B. higher levels of disability; higher health-related quality of life C. higher levels of disability; lower health-related quality of life D. lower levels of disability;higher health-related quality of life

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A country that supports close government involvement in the economy, higher taxation, and a generous social welfare policy is an example of which system?

A. state socialism B. communism C. authoritarianism D. democratic socialism

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The demographic transition theory describes how has affected population growth.

a. changing ecological balance b. climate change c. HIV/AIDS d. industrialization

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Persons who delay marriage until their thirties or forties:

A. are more likely to have a heterogamous union. B. experience a marriage "squeeze." C. find fewer people like themselves to marry. D. all of these answers are correct.

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