Symbolic power in cultural contexts : : uncovering social reality / / edited by Jarmo Houtsonen and Ari Antikainen, University of Joensuu, Finland.

• TeilnehmendeR: Houtsonen, Jarmo,; Antikainen, Ari,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : Sense Publishers,, [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Culture and power are among the most passionately argued concepts and ideas in the field of social sciences. In this book the relation between culture and power is examined through the concept of symbolic power. The essays in this multifaceted book examine the past and present forms of symbolic power in different geographical contexts, institutions and fields of social action. The book is organized into four major parts. The first part, Symbolic (Mis)representations of Reality, focuses on the concept of symbolic power, classification as a strategy of symbolic manipulation, the authority of first person narration, and the emergence of the “precariat” in metropolises. The second part, Transforming State, Education and Childhood, deals with the profound changes in the European welfare state and its relation to childhood, and educational systems. The third part, Cultures and Agency in Changing Contexts, sheds light on the minority language issues in Europe, the position of young female immigrants in Israeli religious schools, the prevailing Chinese culture that prefers sons to daughters, the Finnish fashion industry in a global squeeze, and Australian sense of dwelling place and habitus. The final part, Emerging Identities of Intellectuals in Globalizing World, examines the nature and characteristics of intellectuals in India, the meeting of the Occident and the Orient in Tangier at the beginning of the 20th century, and the potential significance of the highly educated diaspora for socio-economic development. The writers are internationally renowned social scientists from three continents. Editors Jarmo Houtsonen and Ari Antikainen work at the Department of Sociology at the University of Joensuu in Finland. This book is dedicated to professor M’hammed Sabour.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Jarmo Houtsonen and Ari Antikainen -- Introduction / Jarmo Houtsonen and Ari Antikainen -- Symbolic Power as a Critical Concept / Martti Siisiäinen -- The Family as a Social Institution: Struggles Over Legitimate Representations of Reality / Remi Lenoir -- “Me, I Say ... ”: The Social Authority of the ‘I’ / Louis Pinto -- Territorial Stigmatization in the Age of Advanced Marginality / Loïc Wacquant -- European Statehood in Transition / Max Koch -- Giving Children a Voice: CHildhood, Power and Culture / Jo Moran-Ellis and Heinz Sünker -- Power, State and Education: Restructuring the Nordic Model / Ari Antikainen -- Welfare State Restructuring in Finland and the Accomodation of Schools to Changing Educational Institutions / Jarmo Houtsonen -- Language and Minorites in the European Context / Giovanna Campani -- A Gendered Religious Habitus Takes Root in the Body of Russian Immigrant Girls in Israel / Tamar Rapoport and Elena Neiterman -- Son Preference Culture and Female Children’s Empowerment in China / Wen Wang -- Cultural Conditions for Finnish Fashion in the Early 21st Century / Sinikka Ruohonen and Jarmo Houtsonen -- Moving On: Alterning Habitus / Carmel Desmarchelier -- Tangier as a Meeting Place for North African and European Cultures During the Time of the Last Sultans of Morocco / Kirsti Suolinna and Tommy Lahtinen -- The Nature and Types of Indian Intellectuals: Preliminary Observations / Raj Mohan -- Bringing Diasporas to Market: Leveraging Talent (and Patriotism) for Nation's Economies / Susan L. Robertson -- Contributors / Jarmo Houtsonen and Ari Antikainen -- Index / Jarmo Houtsonen and Ari Antikainen.