Code and Habitus

Comparing the accounts of Bernstein and Bourdieu

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5791242
AutoresRichard Harker (Massey University), Stephen May (0000-0002-4490-5093, University of Bristol), Stephen A May (0000-0003-1813-7745)
Ano1993
Volume14
Fascículo2
Páginas169-178
Data de publicação1993-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBritish Journal of Sociology of Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0142-5692 • E-ISSN: 1465-3346
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0142569930140204
OpenAlexW1988819392
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas37
Referências citadas34

This paper compares Bourdieu's notion of habitus with Bernstein's concept of code in an attempt to show how the apparent similarities mask more deeply seated differences in the way the concepts are conceived and used. We argue that Bernstein is following an essentially structuralist agenda of the kind that Bourdieu has set himself against. To this end, Bourdieu seeks to overcome the rigidities of 'rules' (which lie at the heart of the idea of Bernstein's code), with the more flexible notion of 'strategy' which incorporates the idea that structure and agency are implicit in each other rather than being dichotomous entities

Code (set theory · Habitus · Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social and Cultural Dynamics