Vogler, G (2016) Power between Habitus and Reflexivity – Introducing Margaret Archer to the Power Debate. Journal of Political Power, 9 (1). pp. 65-82. ISSN 2158-379X
Abstract
This article introduces Margaret Archer’s research on reflexivity to the power debate, alongside Pierre Bourdieu’s already influential concept of habitus. Both offer significant insights on social conditioning in late modernity. However, their tendency to the extreme of social determinism and voluntarism must be avoided. To do so, this article adopts Haugaard’s family resemblance concept of power, describing habitus and reflexivity as an important new binary of power instead of a conceptual zero-sum game. This strengthens the explanatory role of agency, central to the three dimensions of power, without losing sight of constitutive, structural power. It also helps overcome the habitus-reflexivity dichotomy in social theory and provides a starting point to evaluate Archer’s work from a power perspective.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016, Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Political Power on 23 Feb 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/2158379X.2016.1149309 |
Keywords: | Family resemblance; habitus; reflexivity; Margaret Archer; Pierre Bourdieu; late modernity |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 10 Feb 2016 10:43 |
Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2017 02:49 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/http://10.0.4.56/2158379X.2016.1... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/2158379X.2016.1149309 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:94883 |