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The field of power and the relative autonomy of social fields

Abstract

Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology invites us to aim to understand everything in relation to its social conditions of production, circulation and use – in short, to understand everything in relation to its social conditions of possibility. Can the same principle be applied to the concept of the field itself? Does the concept of the field still function in the same way (and as effectively) when translated into a context other than that of French society? Is it equally pertinent in all contexts marked by a form of differentiation of spheres of activity? To answer these questions, we examine the problematic of the relative autonomy of fields in the Belgian context, focussing on the relationship between the field of power and different specific fields. Studying this context requires us to consider not only the process of functional differentiation that gives rise to fields but also a process of cultural fragmentation from which emerge what Belgian and Dutch intellectuals habitually call the “pillars” (Dobbelaere & Voyé, 1990; Seiler 1997; De Munck 2002 & 2009; Vanderstraeten 2002) or “segments” of society (Lijphart 1979, 1985).

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