In bourdieu s conceptualization of cultural reproduction the role of educational system

Abstract

Pierre Bourdieu, one of the most important and influential figures of contemporary sociology, improves a multi-dimensional theoretical perspective on class relations and focuses economic, social, and cultural production of power. What makes his studies important is his emphasis on the interplay between structure and agency and his critical viewpoint against the role of cultural domain in the reproduction of class relations. His fundamental debate is based on the question of how social classes exist in the social, cultural and political fields. In this framework, he attracts attention on the production and the reproduction of class distinction in the various fields of life. In this way, he makes highly significant contributions to both class and cultural studies. The aim of this work is to understand the connection between the internalization of class divisions in society and cultural reproduction of these divisions by the way of educational system from Bourdieu’s perspective. In this framework, firstly, the main lines of Bourdieu’s methodology and the constructive notions of Bourdieu’s conceptualization will be explained. Afterwards, the role of educational system in the reproduction of class relations in society is going to be mentioned.