| dc.description.abstract | This article presents a few theoretical terms of the famous French sociologist Pierre
Bourdieu concerning sociology of art. Some of them describe an individual - agent (fr. agent),
habitus (fr. habitus), and others his social status - capital (fr. capital) and field (fr. champ).
Habitus - An interior principle generating practices, it is „to have” transformed into „to
be”. Habitus is linked with the process o f socialisation permitting to distinguish a primary habitus
and the secondary one, as well as identifying educational, professional and social class, old
and new habitus. They correlate with class structure, social mobility and trajectory. They also
dictate preferences, tastes and styles of life.
Capital is an economic term meaning possession of special kinds of goods, both material
and symbolic, so, an economical, social, cultural and symbolic capital can be identified. All
social classes and groups possess more or less of the specific types of capital distinguishing their
different positions and behaviours in political and artistic fields. Nevertheless, a conversion of
different capitals is possible.
Field or rather fields are social areas possessing specific structure, agents and stakes; they
have a dynamic character. Specific forms of capital are linked to different fields; for example
economic capital is very important in political field, but cultural in artistic and scientific ones.
Spectators’ attitudes and behaviors depend on their social status and not only on their cultural
competences. Constructing typology of spectators, on one hand, Pierre Bourdieu distinguished
non educated receivers, educated, and highly educated ones, on the other hand- devotees
and prophets as well as mass and elitist public. Sociological characteristics of spectators
performed by Pierre Bourdieu were different to descriptions of aesthetics discourse. | pl_PL |
