Krytyka i kontynuacja teorii Pierre’a Bourdieu w socjologii Bernarda Lahire’a
Criticism and Continuation of Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory in Bernard Lahire’s Sociology

Summary/Abstract: The value of Pierre Bourdieu’s theory is proven not only by his recognized positionin contemporary social thought, but also numerous polemics, criticism which it facesand proposals of reformulation it inspires. This article presents one of the mostimportant theoretical and research projects related to reinterpretation of Bourdieu’scategory – Bernard Lahire’s sociology. It takes as a starting point the proposal tocorrect the thoughts of the author of Distinction if it comes to studies on social classesand the meaning of the concepts of habitus, cultural capital and reproduction.The article presents Lahire’s ideas in action, as he uses them in his early research.Moreover, the evolution of Lahire’s views is examined starting from continuationto criticism of structural constructivism with L’homme pluriel as culmination. Theconcept of a polymorphic human is confronted critically with Bourdieu’s work to demonstratesimplifications and limitations of Lahire’s theory. There are also other proposalsof reformulation and continuation of the concept of Pierre Bourdieu’s classes.

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