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Research On Bourdieu's Cultural Capital Theory And Its Practical Value

Posted on:2007-08-12Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X A YanFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167360182499308Subject:Sociology
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"The Cultural Capital"is the key concept of French sociologist Bourdieu in cultural sociology. It guides us into a new scope of"Be the capital culture", let us re-comprehend the culture which was sacred and classicized by tradition, inspect the hidden benefits logic of culture, and research the complex capital attribute involved in. In recent year,"Cultural Capital"entered the visual field of the scholars in China and all over the world continually, and became the key tool of the humanity scientist for cultural theory study and operation. Currently, the operation of cultural capital in China was already spread in the practical level, but the combination of theory and practical still loose, in which result, the Chinese Cultural Capital operation in practical level was blindness and always done as one's ease. The text try to handle Bourdieu's Cultural Capital Theory in full scope, base on digging the value of its theatrical and practical value, follow the running track of Bourdieu's cultural capital thinking, and combine the feature and situation of Chinese cultural capital, to find out the reasonable path on which the theory generation, accumulation, distribution, and cooperation, consequently set up the scientific mechanism for the practical running of cultural capital, and promote the positive operation of China cultural capital.The thesis is formed by three parts: the first part is the explanation for Bourdieu's Cultural Capital Theory, in which the relevant concept of the theory will be analyzed. particularly elaborated the form, meaning and contents of the cultural capital from the analysis of field and Capital. The second part mainly comment and analyze the theoretical and practical value of Bourdieu's Cultural Capital Theory. Scoop out the theoretical contribute and practical meaning in Social culture realm. The last part mainly talks about how to apply the theory into the local situation, this part particularly investigate the generation, accumulation ,production,distribution and so on ,which include the effectiveness and limitation when the cultural capital theory guide Chinese cultural capital operation.
Keywords/Search Tags:Bourdieu, Field, Capital, Cultural Capital
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