On a Field Trip with Bourdieu
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On a Field Trip with Bourdieu. / Adler-Nissen, Rebecca.
In: International Political Sociology, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2011, p. 327-330.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - On a Field Trip with Bourdieu
AU - Adler-Nissen, Rebecca
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - How can Bourdieu help us grasp international politics today? How can the con- cept of ‘‘field,’’ originally coined for analyzing relations within states, provide an understanding of emerging patterns of transnational governance? I argue that Bourdieu provides us with sophisticated analytical tools for exploring the strength and limits of state authority—also beyond the national territory. More- over, I claim that sovereign state interaction—diplomacy—has developed into a metafield. If we are to understand emerging challenges to state authority, from private companies to international organizations and global media, we need to study everyday activities, which both reproduce and challenge the sovereign state system as a meaningful reality. I illustrate this idea of competing articulations of political authority by focusing on the EU’s new diplomatic service, which chal- lenges the very idea of national diplomatic representation.
AB - How can Bourdieu help us grasp international politics today? How can the con- cept of ‘‘field,’’ originally coined for analyzing relations within states, provide an understanding of emerging patterns of transnational governance? I argue that Bourdieu provides us with sophisticated analytical tools for exploring the strength and limits of state authority—also beyond the national territory. More- over, I claim that sovereign state interaction—diplomacy—has developed into a metafield. If we are to understand emerging challenges to state authority, from private companies to international organizations and global media, we need to study everyday activities, which both reproduce and challenge the sovereign state system as a meaningful reality. I illustrate this idea of competing articulations of political authority by focusing on the EU’s new diplomatic service, which chal- lenges the very idea of national diplomatic representation.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - field
KW - social field
KW - Pierre Bourdieu
KW - International Relations Theory
KW - Political sociology
U2 - 10.1111/j.1749-5687.2011.00137_1.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1749-5687.2011.00137_1.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 5
SP - 327
EP - 330
JO - International Political Sociology
JF - International Political Sociology
SN - 1749-5679
IS - 3
ER -
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