The normative claims of Brazil's democratic ethos: Bourdieu's habitus, critical theory, and social philosophy

This paper argues for an interdisciplinary interlocution between social theory and social philosophy in order to recast the problem of normativity in social practices, especially within Brazil's democratic ethos. By resorting to insights from critical theory and social epistemology, the essay p...

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Autor principal: Nythamar de Oliveira
Formato: artículo científico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul 2012
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description This paper argues for an interdisciplinary interlocution between social theory and social philosophy in order to recast the problem of normativity in social practices, especially within Brazil's democratic ethos. By resorting to insights from critical theory and social epistemology, the essay proposes to reexamine Bourdieu's conception of habitus so as to contribute to a moderate social constructionism that cannot be reduced to a postmodernist discourse or to a variant of relativism.
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spelling clacso-CLACSO591912022-03-18T15:44:57Z The normative claims of Brazil's democratic ethos: Bourdieu's habitus, critical theory, and social philosophy Nythamar de Oliveira Sociología Critical theory democratic ethos habitus normativity social philosophy This paper argues for an interdisciplinary interlocution between social theory and social philosophy in order to recast the problem of normativity in social practices, especially within Brazil's democratic ethos. By resorting to insights from critical theory and social epistemology, the essay proposes to reexamine Bourdieu's conception of habitus so as to contribute to a moderate social constructionism that cannot be reduced to a postmodernist discourse or to a variant of relativism. 2012 2022-03-18T15:44:57Z 2022-03-18T15:44:57Z artículo científico http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=74223603005 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/59191 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=742 Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais application/pdf Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Brasil) Num.1 Vol.12
spellingShingle Sociología
Critical theory
democratic ethos
habitus
normativity
social philosophy
Nythamar de Oliveira
The normative claims of Brazil's democratic ethos: Bourdieu's habitus, critical theory, and social philosophy
title The normative claims of Brazil's democratic ethos: Bourdieu's habitus, critical theory, and social philosophy
title_full The normative claims of Brazil's democratic ethos: Bourdieu's habitus, critical theory, and social philosophy
title_fullStr The normative claims of Brazil's democratic ethos: Bourdieu's habitus, critical theory, and social philosophy
title_full_unstemmed The normative claims of Brazil's democratic ethos: Bourdieu's habitus, critical theory, and social philosophy
title_short The normative claims of Brazil's democratic ethos: Bourdieu's habitus, critical theory, and social philosophy
title_sort normative claims of brazil's democratic ethos: bourdieu's habitus, critical theory, and social philosophy
topic Sociología
Critical theory
democratic ethos
habitus
normativity
social philosophy
url http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=74223603005
http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/59191