From Critical Social Theory to a Social Theory of Critique: On the Critique of Ideology after the Pragmatic Turn

Celikates, Robin

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“…Bourdieu is usually critiqued as a structuralist whose theory undermines human agency. So Celikates () critiques Bourdieu on the basis that he has adopted a type of Marxist position whereby terms like false consciousness have been largely replaced by terms such as embodied systems and dispositions. So what people say should not be automatically accepted as representing their real interests.…”

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“…It is only the neutral social scientist who is able find out the hidden truth underlying people's actions and behaviours. What Bourdieu is then accused of is that his sociology excludes agency, “elevating the incapacity to reflect… into a general feature of practice tout court ” (Celikates, : 32). As such critique and reflection is only possible from a standpoint outside of practice through the “disengaged sociologist.”…”

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Pierre Bourdieu: Expanding the scope of nursing research and practice

Pinnock

2017

Nursing Philosophy

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Bourdieu is an important thinker within the sociological tradition and has a philosophically sophisticated approach to theoretical knowledge and research practice. In this paper, we examine the implication of his work for nursing and the health sciences more broadly. We argue that his work is best described as a reflexive realist who provides a space for a nonpositivist approach to knowledge that does not fall into the trap of idealism or relativism. We emphasize that Bourdieu was not an abstract theorist, but only utilized theories to understand and explain the social world in all its empirical complexity. Theory is emphasized over method without denying the importance of method. We then provide a brief overview of some of his key concepts: habitus, field and capital. His work is a scientifically astute practice that has an emancipatory purpose, with particular resonance to the problems of nursing as a social practice. Some have criticized Bourdieu for undermining agency and we briefly address this issue, but argue that his conceptual framework helps us to understand what endures in social practice and why change is often problematic. In short, this paper argues that Bourdieu's work is a fruitful resource for critiquing existing nursing approaches that are preoccupied with agency over structure.

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Pierre Bourdieu: Expanding the scope of nursing research and practice

Pinnock

2017

Nursing Philosophy

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“…Nuestro enfoque sobre esa forma de cuestionamiento se aproxima en un plano teórico al "giro neopragmático" (Celikates, 2006) introducido por Boltanski (2009), quien ha propuesto una teoría de la crítica que se centra en el punto de vista de los actores y de su propio sentido de justicia, en lugar de análisis estructurales o principios normativos. Esto ha sido desarrollado también desde los enfoques sociológicos de Beetham (1991) y Schwalbe, et.…”

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Clases medias chilenas y transgresión de la homogamia: una perspectiva histórica

Mac-Clure

2012

Universum

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111Clases medias chilenas y transgresión de la homogamia: una perspectiva histórica 1 Oscar Mac-Clure (*) RESUMENEn este trabajo estudiamos a las clases medias chilenas desde el punto de vista de procesos poco reƀ exivos de transgresión, que son relevantes cuando se enfrentan las desigualdades sociales desde la perspectiva de los propios individuos, como ocurre respecto de la homogamia. Un estudio histórico, desde el período post-colonial hasta hoy, nos permite caracterizar cómo ocurren estas transgresiones. Palabras clave:Clase media -crítica -transgresión -homogamia -desigualdad. ABSTRACTIn this paper we study the Chilean middle classes from the point of view of small reƀ exive processes of transgression, which are relevant when addressing social inequalities from the perspective of the individuals themselves, as for homogamy. An historical study, from the post-colonial period until today, allows us to characterize how these transgressions happens.

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“…This is of course not the only way pragmatic and interpretive approaches can be defended against charges of uncritical positivism or conventionalism; see, for instance, Sabia ; Celikates . My concern is to show how this possibility is immanently connected to Brandom's theoretical framework.…”

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Politicizing Brandom's Pragmatism: Normativity and the Agonal Character of Social Practice

Fossen

2011

European J of Philosophy

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Abstract:This article provides an agonistic interpretation of Robert Brandom's social-pragmatic account of normativity. I argue that social practice, on this approach, should be seen not just as cooperative, but also as contestatory. This aspect, which has so far remained implicit, helps to illuminate Brandom's claim that normative statuses are 'instituted' by social practices: normative statuses are brought into play in mutual engagement, and are only in play from an engaged social perspective among others. Moreover, in contrast to a positivist or conventionalist understanding of Brandom's work, it shows that the possibility of a critical stance toward existing practices is not only compatible with, but already implicit in this form of pragmatism. This can be made explicit with the notion of farcical practices: practices that are treated merely as if they institute genuine commitments and entitlements. Interpreting a practice as farcical is taking a critical stance toward it, and this possibility is inherent in Brandom's theoretical framework. This opens the way for a fruitful appropriation of Brandom's pragmatism for social and political philosophy.2

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From Critical Social Theory to a Social Theory of Critique: On the Critique of Ideology after the Pragmatic Turn

Cited by 76 publications

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Pierre Bourdieu: Expanding the scope of nursing research and practice

Pierre Bourdieu: Expanding the scope of nursing research and practice

Clases medias chilenas y transgresión de la homogamia: una perspectiva histórica

Politicizing Brandom's Pragmatism: Normativity and the Agonal Character of Social Practice

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