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Acquiring an economic habitus : the role of calculation in learning ‘the rules of the game'

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Date
2014
Author
Gulledge, Elizabeth Anne
Roscoe, Philip John
Townley, Barbara
Keywords
Bourdieu
Disposition
Economization
Callon
Market devices
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HB Economic Theory
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Abstract
Pierre Bourdieu’s classical sociology and the actor network based ‘economization’ literature are often considered contradictory, despite some agreement on the constructed nature of economic man. Through an examination of the field of publishing, we argue that Bourdieu’s concept of habitus is a useful contribution to the literature on economization, aiding an understanding of how those new to a field gradually learn its calculations and the material devices that construct their position and functioning within it. We argue that Bourdieu’s theory, appropriately stated, sheds light on the tacit assessments made by market agents alongside their involvement in network-based calculative mechanisms, and allows studies of markets to deal with some persistent criticisms of the economization programme.
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Gulledge , E A , Roscoe , P J & Townley , B 2014 , ' Acquiring an economic habitus : the role of calculation in learning ‘the rules of the game' ' , Paper presented at 3rd Interdisciplinary Market Studies Workshop , Saint Maximin la Sainte Baume , United Kingdom , 5/06/14 - 6/06/14 .
 
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URL
http://imsw2014.sciencesconf.org/
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/5507

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