On the reception of Bourdieu's sociology in the world's most equal societies

Johs Hjellbrekke, Annick Ingrid Prieur

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the reception of Bourdieu in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, which are three of the richest, but also most egalitarian, societies in the world, with strong welfare state traditions. The sympathy toward Bourdieu’s thinking in Scandinavia may be linked to a resonance for his critique of domination and of neoliberalism; the strong resistance his thinking also has encountered stems from a denial of its relevance for Scandinavia. Finding identical oppositions in Scandinavia from those found in France would imply a pre-construction of the kind that Bourdieu relentlessly warned against; nevertheless, it may be argued that if his models are applicable in Scandinavia, which is so different from France, they should be applicable everywhere. The chapter presents works from the three fields where the use of Bourdieu’s models has been most important in Scandinavia: education, cultural consumption, and power and the elites.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Oxford Handbook of Pierre Bourdieu
EditorsThomas Medvetz, Jeffrey J. Sallaz
Number of pages20
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date5 Apr 2018
Pages68-87
Chapter3
ISBN (Print)9780199357192
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Apr 2018

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