Cultural Capital
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7077237 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elliot B Weininger, A Lareau (0000-0002-4988-6274) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosc169 |
| OpenAlex | W4253249890 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 12 |
The French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, working with various colleagues, developed the concept of cultural capital in the early 1960s in order to help address a particular empirical problem – namely, the fact that “economic obstacles are not sufficient to explain” disparities in the educational attainment of children from different social classes (Bourdieu & Passeron 1979 [1964]: 8). Bourdieu argued that, above and beyond economic factors, “cultural habits and ... dispositions inherited from” the family are fundamentally important to school success (Bourdieu & Passeron 1979 [1964]: 14). In doing so, he broke sharply with traditional sociological conceptions of culture, which tended to view it primarily as a source of shared norms and values, or as a vehicle of collective expression. Instead, Bourdieu maintained that culture shares many of the properties that are characteristic of economic capital. In particular, he asserted that cultural “habits and dispositions” comprise a resource capable of generating “profits” they are potentially subject to monopolization by individuals and groups; and, under appropriate conditions, they can be transmitted from one generation to the next (Lareau & Weininger 2003
Capital (architecture · Cultural capital · Economics · Epistemology · Geography · Monopolization · Order (exchange · Positive economics · Social capital · Social reproduction · Social science · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Diverse Music Education Insights · Social and Cultural Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |