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The Sociality of Social Capital:A Reinterpretation of Bourdieu’s Social Capital Theory(PDF)

《南京师大学报》(社会科学版)[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]

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2015年01期
Page:
21-28
Research Field:
社会理论与实践:社会资本与社区建设专题
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Title:
The Sociality of Social Capital:A Reinterpretation of Bourdieu’s Social Capital Theory
Author(s):
WANG Yu-lei
Keywords:
Bourdieu social capital sociality social network guanxi
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Abstract:
Due to the utility relationship, researches on social capital focus only on its economic benefits but neglect its sociality. Such tendency is against Bourdieu’s social capital theory intended to resolve the binary opposition between structure and agency. Social capital means accumulating labor, which combines structure and agency. It is more about the interaction between agents and collectives than that between individuals. Hence, we cannot simply take social capital as relationship capital at the individual level. In fact, social capital comes from a social network characterized by institutionalized acquaintance relationship, in which collective capital and credibility are available to its members. The sociality of social capital lies in the network’s irreducibility; that is, the network integrates individuals, and individuals constitute the network. The case of Xu Fudun illustrates the reproduction of social capital in the process of moralization, institutionalization and integration.

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Last Update: 2015-02-28