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Bourdieu on capital and field

Bourdieu's concept of capital extends beyond money to include cultural knowledge, social connections, and symbolic authority—assets that wealthy and educated people accumulate and pass down, making inequality appear natural rather than constructed. His theory of "field" describes how different social spaces operate by different rules, allowing those with the right forms of capital to navigate them effortlessly while others remain outsiders.

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