Field - Sociology and Politics

Sociology and Politics

  • Field (Bourdieu), a sociological term coined by Pierre Bourdieu to describe the system of objective relations constituted by various species of capital
  • Field department, the division of a political campaign tasked with organizing local volunteers and directly contacting voters
  • Sexual field, a term that describes systems of objective relations within collective sexual life

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