Theory
Habitus & Symbolic Capital
Explore in the Atlas →How architecture embodies and legitimates social power through durable dispositions.
Power
Details
- Introduced
- 1970s
Classifications
- Holder
- Communal intergenerational
- Source of authority
- Observation
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Hegemonic
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Referenced by
- Outline of a Theory of Practice articulates
- Pierre Bourdieu proposed
- Pierre Bourdieu developed
Sources
- Pierre Bourdieu. Esquisse d'une théorie de la pratique (Outline of a Theory of Practice). Librairie Droz, 1972.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Habitus & Symbolic Capital." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/habitus/. Accessed July 17, 2026.