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CAN THERE BE A BOURDIEUSIAN THEORY OF CRISIS? ON HISTORICAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL THEORY[Note 1. I would like to thank Claire Decoteau and Monika ...]
Author(s) -
Reed Isaac Ariail
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
history and theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.169
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1468-2303
pISSN - 0018-2656
DOI - 10.1111/hith.10757
Subject(s) - notice , sociology , epistemology , field (mathematics) , hermeneutics , power (physics) , social theory , state (computer science) , reproduction , social science , political science , philosophy , law , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science , pure mathematics , ecology , biology , physics , mathematics
Philip Gorski's edited book engages the question of how Bourdieu's concepts can aid historical analysis, and in particular, account for change as well as reproduction. From a fascinating set of papers, this review essay takes special notice of two that theorize crisis. One, by Ivan Ermakoff, engages the question of whether disruption creates the opportunity for more conscious calculation on the part of actors; a second, by Gisele Sapiro, considers how a crisis reverberates through a specific field. This leads to further reflection on Bourdieu's work on power and the state, as well as a call for crisis hermeneutics in social theory.