The Concept of Habit and the Regularities of Social Structure

In this paper I discuss the concept of habit from a sociological point of view. My aim, in part, is to consider the ways in which sociologists and social philosophers could use and have used ‘habit’ in their analyses and explanations. In particular the concept of habit can contribute to our underst...

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Autor principal:	Nick Crossley
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Publicado:	Rosenberg & Sellier 2016
Materias:	convention rule social practices habitus Mauss Bourdieu Aesthetics BH1-301 Ethics BJ1-1725
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a52a108b6ad9436d8f86982cc10656482021-12-02T09:25:46ZThe Concept of Habit and the Regularities of Social Structure10.13128/Phe_Mi-195582280-78532239-4028https://doaj.org/article/a52a108b6ad9436d8f86982cc10656482016-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/7152https://doaj.org/toc/2280-7853https://doaj.org/toc/2239-4028 In this paper I discuss the concept of habit from a sociological point of view. My aim, in part, is to consider the ways in which sociologists and social philosophers could use and have used ‘habit’ in their analyses and explanations. In particular the concept of habit can contribute to our understanding and explanation of the behavioural regularities involved in social structure. In addition, however, I am interested in the limitations of the concept of habit, within a sociological context, when compared against other concepts which are used to do similar work. In particular I contrast the concept of habit with the concepts of ‘rule’ and ‘convention’, drawing out the strengths that it has relative to those competing concepts but also identifying important aspects of behavioural regularity which they bring to light and which habit ignores. In the conclusion to the paper I consider ways in which these various concepts might overlap and might be used in conjuction with one another. Nick CrossleyRosenberg & Sellierarticleconventionrulesocial practiceshabitusMaussBourdieuAestheticsBH1-301EthicsBJ1-1725ENFRITPhenomenology and Mind, Iss 6 (2016)
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description	In this paper I discuss the concept of habit from a sociological point of view. My aim, in part, is to consider the ways in which sociologists and social philosophers could use and have used ‘habit’ in their analyses and explanations. In particular the concept of habit can contribute to our understanding and explanation of the behavioural regularities involved in social structure. In addition, however, I am interested in the limitations of the concept of habit, within a sociological context, when compared against other concepts which are used to do similar work. In particular I contrast the concept of habit with the concepts of ‘rule’ and ‘convention’, drawing out the strengths that it has relative to those competing concepts but also identifying important aspects of behavioural regularity which they bring to light and which habit ignores. In the conclusion to the paper I consider ways in which these various concepts might overlap and might be used in conjuction with one another.
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The Concept of Habit and the Regularities of Social Structure

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