He defines power as „the ability to dispose of resources in order to assert one’s own needs and interests“ (Koller, 2012, 139).įor Bourdieu, the „ habitus“ inscribed in the body and the „ capitals“ a person possesses have a lot to do with socialisation, with the possibilities of the family of origin – its positioning in „social space“.
It is about the unequal distribution of power. The French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu places the question of social inequality at the centre of his social theory. Wherever the trade union eye looks … intolerable inequality and unjust power relations. „Whether we sit or walk broad-legged, upright, head held high … or rather lowered-eyed, crouched, slumped … also reveals much about our positioning in social space, which is determined by the distribution of economic, cultural, social and symbolic capital.“
