Fields, Worlds and Figurations: Using Elias to Revisit Depth Conceptual Imagery and Emancipatory Critique

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Autor(a) principal: Hughes, Jason
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Saramago, André, Dunning, Michael, Hughes, Kahryn
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/101485
https://doi.org/10.1590/2238-38752022v1212
Resumo: We centrally explore the significance of conceptual imagery, particularly ideas of ‘depth’ and its relationship to ideals of critique, emancipatory action, and conceptions of social structure and action. We consider how depth imagery is invoked in critiques of sociological thinkers understood to employ ‘flat’ social ontologies. We develop a three-way comparison between Pierre Bourdieu’s ‘field,’ Howard Becker’s ‘world,’ and Norbert Elias’s ‘figuration’ to argue that not only is the ‘flatness’ charge unwarranted in the case of Becker’s and Elias’s ontologies, but the axioms upon which it is made are static, substantialist, and reductively mechanistic. Drawing on the work of Elias, we consider the merits of alternative more dynamically oriented conceptual imagery, reflecting upon its implications for how we might revisit the ‘politics’ of figurational sociology and understandings of emancipatory critique more generally.
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spelling Fields, Worlds and Figurations: Using Elias to Revisit Depth Conceptual Imagery and Emancipatory CritiqueCampos, mundos e figurações: usando Elias para revisitar o imaginário conceitual de profundidade e a crítica emancipatóriaConceptual imageryDepthFigurational sociologyEmancipatory critiqueImaginário conceitualProfundidadeSociologia figurativaCrítica emancipatóriaWe centrally explore the significance of conceptual imagery, particularly ideas of ‘depth’ and its relationship to ideals of critique, emancipatory action, and conceptions of social structure and action. We consider how depth imagery is invoked in critiques of sociological thinkers understood to employ ‘flat’ social ontologies. We develop a three-way comparison between Pierre Bourdieu’s ‘field,’ Howard Becker’s ‘world,’ and Norbert Elias’s ‘figuration’ to argue that not only is the ‘flatness’ charge unwarranted in the case of Becker’s and Elias’s ontologies, but the axioms upon which it is made are static, substantialist, and reductively mechanistic. Drawing on the work of Elias, we consider the merits of alternative more dynamically oriented conceptual imagery, reflecting upon its implications for how we might revisit the ‘politics’ of figurational sociology and understandings of emancipatory critique more generally.Este estudo explora o significado do imaginário conceitual, particularmente a ideia de “profundidade” e sua relação com os ideais de crítica, ação emancipatória e os conceitos de estrutura e ação social. Examinamos como o imaginário da profundidade é evocado pela crítica de sociólogos conhecidos por ontologias sociais “planas”. A partir de uma triangulação comparativa ente o “campo” de Pierre Bourdieu, o “mundo” de Howard Becker e a “figuração” de Norbert Elias, argumentamos que não apenas a acusação de “planicidade” é injustificada no caso das ontologias de Becker e Elias, mas os axiomas sobre os quais ela se assenta são estáticos, substancialistas e mecanicistas. Baseados no trabalho de Elias, consideramos os méritos de um imaginário conceitual mais dinâmico, refletindo sobre suas implicações para a forma como podemos revisitar a “política” da sociologia figurativa e os entendimentos da crítica emancipatória.Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro2022info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10316/101485http://hdl.handle.net/10316/101485https://doi.org/10.1590/2238-38752022v1212eng2238-38752236-7527https://doi.org/10.1590/2238-38752022v1212Hughes, JasonSaramago, AndréDunning, MichaelHughes, Kahryninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2022-08-26T20:57:16Zoai:estudogeral.uc.pt:10316/101485Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:18:40.095472Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Fields, Worlds and Figurations: Using Elias to Revisit Depth Conceptual Imagery and Emancipatory Critique
Campos, mundos e figurações: usando Elias para revisitar o imaginário conceitual de profundidade e a crítica emancipatória
title Fields, Worlds and Figurations: Using Elias to Revisit Depth Conceptual Imagery and Emancipatory Critique
spellingShingle Fields, Worlds and Figurations: Using Elias to Revisit Depth Conceptual Imagery and Emancipatory Critique
Hughes, Jason
Conceptual imagery
Depth
Figurational sociology
Emancipatory critique
Imaginário conceitual
Profundidade
Sociologia figurativa
Crítica emancipatória
title_short Fields, Worlds and Figurations: Using Elias to Revisit Depth Conceptual Imagery and Emancipatory Critique
title_full Fields, Worlds and Figurations: Using Elias to Revisit Depth Conceptual Imagery and Emancipatory Critique
title_fullStr Fields, Worlds and Figurations: Using Elias to Revisit Depth Conceptual Imagery and Emancipatory Critique
title_full_unstemmed Fields, Worlds and Figurations: Using Elias to Revisit Depth Conceptual Imagery and Emancipatory Critique
title_sort Fields, Worlds and Figurations: Using Elias to Revisit Depth Conceptual Imagery and Emancipatory Critique
author Hughes, Jason
author_facet Hughes, Jason
Saramago, André
Dunning, Michael
Hughes, Kahryn
author_role author
author2 Saramago, André
Dunning, Michael
Hughes, Kahryn
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Hughes, Jason
Saramago, André
Dunning, Michael
Hughes, Kahryn
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Conceptual imagery
Depth
Figurational sociology
Emancipatory critique
Imaginário conceitual
Profundidade
Sociologia figurativa
Crítica emancipatória
topic Conceptual imagery
Depth
Figurational sociology
Emancipatory critique
Imaginário conceitual
Profundidade
Sociologia figurativa
Crítica emancipatória
description We centrally explore the significance of conceptual imagery, particularly ideas of ‘depth’ and its relationship to ideals of critique, emancipatory action, and conceptions of social structure and action. We consider how depth imagery is invoked in critiques of sociological thinkers understood to employ ‘flat’ social ontologies. We develop a three-way comparison between Pierre Bourdieu’s ‘field,’ Howard Becker’s ‘world,’ and Norbert Elias’s ‘figuration’ to argue that not only is the ‘flatness’ charge unwarranted in the case of Becker’s and Elias’s ontologies, but the axioms upon which it is made are static, substantialist, and reductively mechanistic. Drawing on the work of Elias, we consider the merits of alternative more dynamically oriented conceptual imagery, reflecting upon its implications for how we might revisit the ‘politics’ of figurational sociology and understandings of emancipatory critique more generally.
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