The normative claims of Brazil's democratic ethos: Bourdieu's habitus, critical theory, and social philosophy

This paper argues for an interdisciplinary interlocution between social theory and social philosophy in order to recast the problem of normativity in social practices, especially within Brazil's democratic ethos. By resorting to insights from critical theory and social epistemology, the essay p...

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Autor principal: Nythamar de Oliveira
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul 2012
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Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=74223603005
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=br/br-046&d=74223603005oai
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topic Sociología
Critical theory
democratic ethos
habitus
normativity
social philosophy
spellingShingle Sociología
Critical theory
democratic ethos
habitus
normativity
social philosophy
Nythamar de Oliveira
The normative claims of Brazil's democratic ethos: Bourdieu's habitus, critical theory, and social philosophy
topic_facet Sociología
Critical theory
democratic ethos
habitus
normativity
social philosophy
description This paper argues for an interdisciplinary interlocution between social theory and social philosophy in order to recast the problem of normativity in social practices, especially within Brazil's democratic ethos. By resorting to insights from critical theory and social epistemology, the essay proposes to reexamine Bourdieu's conception of habitus so as to contribute to a moderate social constructionism that cannot be reduced to a postmodernist discourse or to a variant of relativism.
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title The normative claims of Brazil's democratic ethos: Bourdieu's habitus, critical theory, and social philosophy
title_short The normative claims of Brazil's democratic ethos: Bourdieu's habitus, critical theory, and social philosophy
title_full The normative claims of Brazil's democratic ethos: Bourdieu's habitus, critical theory, and social philosophy
title_fullStr The normative claims of Brazil's democratic ethos: Bourdieu's habitus, critical theory, and social philosophy
title_full_unstemmed The normative claims of Brazil's democratic ethos: Bourdieu's habitus, critical theory, and social philosophy
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publisher Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
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