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THE PIERRE BOURDIEU QUIZ

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1. Where was Bourdieu born?


Belgium


France


Finland

2. Perhaps the concept that Pierre Bourdieu is most famous for is that of:



Habitus


Habitat


Habits

3. Bourdieu's work is best characterised as:


 
Methodological Holism
Methodological Individualism
Methodological Relationism

4. What did Bourdieu mean by the term 'cultural capital'?


The HeadQuarters of world culture, possibly Paris


The possession of the cultural forms in a society's dominant habitus


The ability to buy priceless works of Art

5. Bourdieu's first book was based on an ethnography of:



the Kabyles (Berbers) of north Africa
Tribes of the Brazilian rain forests
Australian Aborigines

6. Which is the major social institution that according to Bourdieu enacts 'symbolic violence' on members of society?


The Armed Forces


Education


The mass-media

7. What does Bourdieu mean by a 'field'? 



An area populated by pre-historic peoples before society began

A domain of investigation of an academic discipline such as sociology etc.

An arena of competition/struggle in which various forms of capital are employed and deployed by the individuals and institutions

8. Which field is for Bourdieu the most important?


Economic


Political


Social

9. Who are the 'cultural intermediaries'?



People who enjoy culture  

The middle classes specifically involved in the production and dissemination of symbolic goods


The upper classes specifically involved in the production of paintings and other works of Art

10. The classical sociologist, Max Weber, used the idea of status to explain the manner in which individuals would distinguish themselves from others particularly those lower in a social hierarchy. What concept does Bourdieu substitute for Weber's?



Modern Status


Field


Symbolic Capital