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From Doxa to Experience

Issues in Bourdieu’s Adoption of Husserlian Phenomenology

University of East London.

This article examines Bourdieu’s adoption of Husserl’s concept of ‘doxa’ and argues that Bourdieu’s reading of Husserl overpolarizes doxa (or sens pratique) and reflexivity. The article argues that there is a need for Bourdieusian sociology to adopt a more complex interpretation of Husserlian phenomenology in order to understand the potential range of states of consciousness between doxa and reflexivity. In contrast to Bourdieu’s reading of Husserl, this article argues that the philosophical underlabouring for an adequate understanding of doxa is now available within recent Husserlian studies which marks a radical development from earlier readings in the ‘sociology of consciousness’.

Key Words: Bourdieu • doxa • embodiment • Husserl • knowledgeability • phenomenology • reflexivity

Theory, Culture & Society, Vol. 21, No. 2, 91-107 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0263276404042136


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