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Bourdieu, rational action and the time‐space strategy of gentrification
Author(s) -
Bridge Gary
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
transactions of the institute of british geographers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.196
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1475-5661
pISSN - 0020-2754
DOI - 10.1111/1475-5661.00015
Subject(s) - gentrification , habitus , class (philosophy) , sociology , field (mathematics) , space (punctuation) , epistemology , action (physics) , economic geography , mathematics , computer science , social science , cultural capital , geography , pure mathematics , economics , philosophy , economic growth , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
This paper proposes gentrification as an example of class habitus adjusting to a new field via a time‐space strategy that involves conscious rational coordination of class agents on a new aesthetic ‘focal point’. This approach suggests: (1) a much greater role for conscious rational processes in both the intentional and intuitive processes of class reproduction; (2) an understanding via gentrification of the symbolic significance of time‐space in class processes; (3) the significance of individual class agents in the process of gentrification; (4) a view of gentrification that gives greater prominence to working‐class taste and habitus.