Constructivist Structuralism (440 words)

Drawing on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, explain the approach called constructivist structuralism.
Acording to Bourdieu, how is class structured in the body?
Be sure to draw upon: habitus, cultural capital, symbolic capital, and fields.

At the core of Pierre Bourdieu's sociological theory is the idea that human beings are acted upon by their surroundings. Bourdieu was not a believer in objectivity and free will and regarded individual behaviour as a consequence of a number of social factors acting upon the individual and within which the individual operates.

According to Bourdieu, the individual exists within a habitus - the cultural and social norms and expectations of his/her social group. This habitus itself is acted upon by and acts upon the field which is the broader social context within which the individual and his/her social group exist....

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