Thanks for this very insightful and clear presentation of Bordieu. It puts a magnifying lens to his contributions, something I think we need right now to understand our confusion in these times of creative destruction.
Not sure "true merit" is a definable, achievable, or even desirable objective. I think the objective that drives the need to deeply understand the "tyranny of merit" is recognition that social and political structures that ensure both a basic level of well-being and opportunities to increase that well-being are essential to fundamental achieving societal moral objectives such as freedom, equality, fairness and justice.
Very insightful.
Thanks for this very insightful and clear presentation of Bordieu. It puts a magnifying lens to his contributions, something I think we need right now to understand our confusion in these times of creative destruction.
why was i rickrolled?
I think you forgot to remove the Rickroll link.
"We can recognize that the playing field is rarely level, and that success is not always purely a testament to individual genius or effort."
And of course "success" itself is mostly culturally constructed
A quantitative method for calculating taste based on bourdieu: https://open.substack.com/pub/simon582972/p/from-bourdieu-to-vectors-can-an-algorithm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=f8zwm
Not sure "true merit" is a definable, achievable, or even desirable objective. I think the objective that drives the need to deeply understand the "tyranny of merit" is recognition that social and political structures that ensure both a basic level of well-being and opportunities to increase that well-being are essential to fundamental achieving societal moral objectives such as freedom, equality, fairness and justice.
Difíceis de ver e compreender.
Sim, invisíveis para quem não quer ver, sendo a racionalidade substituída pela racionalização.
Uma história tende a ser mais leve do que a realidade...
Bourdieu’s theory radically changed the way I see things few years ago. His study on opera-goers really struck me
Great classical music IS better than even the best pop!
For a great cross reference to Bourdieu's thought try Iain McGilchrist's TheMaster and his Emissary.