Halewood, Michael (2023) “Class is always a matter of morals”: Bourdieu and Dewey on Social Class, Morality, and Habit(us). Cultural Sociology, 17 (3). pp. 373-389. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/17499755221108135
Halewood, Michael (2023) “Class is always a matter of morals”: Bourdieu and Dewey on Social Class, Morality, and Habit(us). Cultural Sociology, 17 (3). pp. 373-389. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/17499755221108135
Halewood, Michael (2023) “Class is always a matter of morals”: Bourdieu and Dewey on Social Class, Morality, and Habit(us). Cultural Sociology, 17 (3). pp. 373-389. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/17499755221108135
Abstract
This article argues that all judgements or statements about social class are inherently moral in that they implicitly advocate how people should (or should not) act. The argument extends Bourdieu’s linking of social class and representation by introducing Dewey’s intertwining of morality and habit. It is suggested that Kant’s apparently distinct critiques have set up three domains – knowledge, morality, aesthetics – which modern thought has treated as radically discrete. Although successful in linking the objective and the aesthetic (social class and its representation), Bourdieu was unable to incorporate the moral. Dewey’s reconceptualization of morality and habit is presented as able to overcome this limitation. The introduction of morality is intended to reflect the contingent and complex operations of social class. The article aims to destabilize contemporary conceptions of social class by clarifying the enduring moral aspect which supports its conceptualization and existence.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Aesthetics, Bourdieu, Dewey, habit, habitus, morality, Simmel, social class |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology and Criminology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 02 Sep 2022 10:20 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 21:20 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/32929 |
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