Sociology Is a Martial Art

In: Body & society, Band 20, Heft 2, S. 100-105

Abstract

Loïc Wacquant's article ' Homines in Extremis' outlines five propositions about habitus that support a broader and richer use of Bourdieu's famous concept. His article was a response to a new edited volume by Sanchez and Spencer under the title Fighting Scholars. In this article, I support Wacquant's argument, but suggest that he undersells habitus as a topic of and tool for inquiry. I point to previous conversations about habitus and suggest that we may learn more about social phenomena by engaging the relational aspects of habitus and the social aspects of the incorporation of habitus.