![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bourdieu and the Application of Habitus across the Social Sciences. (Original work published 1996)Ĭosta, C., & Murphy, M. Polity Press & Blackwell Publishers.īourdieu, P. Nice, Trans.) Routledge & New York.īourdieu, P. Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. The assumption that this paper is seeking to validate is that there is a common ground between the novel and Bourdieu’s theory of practice in some key concepts and that understanding the habitus and the doxa of Changez’ social fields can help understand his practices, dispositions, and most importantly the reasons behind him leaving America.īourdieu, P. It also offers a metaphorical portrayal of Changez as a footballer who struggles within various positions to retain power and eventually fulfill his American dream through both the macrocosmic and microcosmic social fields that he finds himself in. It shows how Changez cultivates his habitus to pursue a specific taste in America through multiple forms of cultural capital and manifests how these forms shape his attitudes and relations. The study, a theoretical construct founded on two key concepts from Bourdieu’s theory, namely habitus and field, aims at offering a new perspective to understand the dilemma of the protagonist Changez from a sociological cultural perspective. The purpose of this study is to investigate Mohsin Hamid’s novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist by utilizing the theory of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. Bourdieu, habitus, field, 9/11 fiction, The Reluctant Fundamentalist Abstract ![]()
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