Falling In and Out of Love: With and Beyond Bourdieu on Individual Enchantment and Disenchantment

Will J Atkinson

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Falling In and Out of Love: With and Beyond Bourdieu on Individual Enchantment and Disenchantment

Will J Atkinson

School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies

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This paper engages with the theme of individual disenchantment, that is, the process of falling out of love with something that once gave pleasure and purpose. Drawing on the conceptual tools of Pierre Bourdieu, it sketches the process by which individuals become ‘enchanted’ with the stakes of different fields, the phenomenology of enchantment and disenchantment and several ideal typical modes of genesis of disenchantment. Attention is given to intra-field dynamics but also, going beyond Bourdieu, inter-field dynamics too. The final section considers the epistemological consequences of constructing trans-field objects of inquiry.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	377-391
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
Volume	52
Issue number	2
Early online date	25 Jan 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12331
Publication status	Published - 23 Jun 2022

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This study was supported by grant No. JK2014017 from Fujian Provincial Department of Science and Technology

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© 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Bourdieu and Sociological Biography: The Case of Vincent van Gogh’s Choice of Profession
Atkinson, W. J., 17 Oct 2022, In: Sociology. 56, 5, p. 967 - 982 16 p.
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On disgrace: Scandal, discredit and denunciation within and across fields
Atkinson, W. J., 1 Jan 2022, In: Theory, Culture & Society. 39, 1, p. 23-40 18 p.
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Fields and Individuals: From Bourdieu to Lahire and Back Again
Atkinson, W., 4 May 2021, In: European Journal of Social Theory. 24, 2, p. 195-210 16 p.
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Bourdieu and Sociological Biography: The Case of Vincent van Gogh’s Choice of Profession

On disgrace: Scandal, discredit and denunciation within and across fields

Fields and Individuals: From Bourdieu to Lahire and Back Again

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