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Bridging the study of culture and religion: Pierre Bourdieu's political economy of symbolic power.
Sociology of Religion
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March 22, 1996|
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This essay examines key features of Pierre Bourdieu's sociology of culture in light of their potential contribution to the sociology of religion. Bourdieu himself has devoted little attention to the study of religion.(1) Yet, significant features of his approach to the study of culture find inspiration in the materialism of Karl Marx and particularly in Max Weber's sociology of religion.
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