Psychology
Habitus and the Embodied Reproduction of Social Inequality
Quick fact
The 19th-century French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu demonstrated that even something as personal as taste in art or food is shaped by social class and helps to reproduce inequality, as children of higher classes acquire these dispositions early and treat them as natural.
Why this is interesting
Why do we instinctively feel 'at home' in some social settings and out of place in others? The answer lies not in conscious choice but in an invisible 'feel for the game'—habitus.