Pierre Bourdieu’s Field Theory and its use for understanding the illicit trafficking of cultural objects

Winzler, T. (2014) ‘Pierre Bourdieu’s Field Theory and its use for understanding the illicit trafficking of cultural objects’, Working Paper

In this working paper Winzler has two aims: First, he will briefly sketch out the basic foundations of Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology of culture by resorting to his key concepts capital, habitus, field and reflexivity. And second, he will show how these concepts could help to understand and to explain the illicit trafficking of cultural objects, he will explain how they open up new perspectives, and I will pose fresh questions that could help to generate new insights in this field of study.