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Exploring symbolic violence in the everyday : misrecognition, condescension, consent and complicity

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02/2016
Author
Thapar-Björkert, Suruchi
Samelius, Lotta
Sanghera, Gurchathen S.
Keywords
Symbolic violence
Consent
Complicity
Misrecognition
Condescension
Bourdieu
JZ International relations
Gender Studies
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
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Abstract
In this paper, we draw on Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of 'misrecognition', 'condescension' and 'consent and complicity' to demonstrate how domination and violence are reproduced in everyday interactions, social practices, institutional processes and dispositions. Importantly, this constitutes symbolic violence, which removes the victim's agency and voice. Indeed, we argue that as symbolic violence is impervious, insidious and invisible, it also simultaneously legitimises and sustains other forms of violence as well. Understanding symbolic violence together with traditional discourses of violence is important because it provides a richer insight into the 'workings' of violence, and provides new ways of conceptualising violence across a number of social fields and new strategies for intervention. Symbolic violence is a valuable tool for understanding contentious debates on the disclosure of violence, women leaving or staying in abusive relationships or returning to their abusers. While we focus only on violence against women, we recognise that the gendered nature of violence produces its own sets of vulnerabilities against men and marginalised groups, such as LGBT. The paper draws on empirical research conducted in Sweden in 2003. Sweden is an interesting case study because despite its progressive gender equality policies, there has been no marked decrease in violence towards women by men.
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Thapar-Björkert , S , Samelius , L & Sanghera , G S 2016 , ' Exploring symbolic violence in the everyday : misrecognition, condescension, consent and complicity ' , Feminist Review , vol. 112 , no. 1 , pp. 144-162 . https://doi.org/10.1057/fr.2015.53
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Feminist Review
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/fr.2015.53
ISSN
0141-7789
Type
Journal article
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© Feminist Review 2016. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/fr.2015.53
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The empirical material for the article was collected during a project funded by FAS (now FORTE), the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/10214

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