Symbolic Violence in "The Wealth and Poverty of Nations"

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Assistant Professor of Political Science Department, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.

2 Iran. E-mail: r.hariri@razi.ac.ir 2. PhD in Political Sociology, Tehran university, Tehran, Iran

10.22126/tbih.2024.10539.1009

Abstract

David Landes's work “The wealth and poverty of nations” is one of the most important texts in political economy studies. In this study, he has explored this issue that why in today's world some countries are rich and others are still in poverty and how to bridge that gap. In this article, with using of “symbolic violence”, a sociological concept belong to Pierre Bourdieu, a critical reading of this work has been done. In this kind of violence that is applied softly and indirectly through cultural mechanisms and educational system, the language, meanings and symbolic order of individuals at the head of power are imposed on the rest of society. This article claims that, "the Wealth and Poverty of Nations" as an educational work, exposes its non-western readers to symbolic violence. Because it speaks with bourgeoisie language and seeks to impose capitalist countries' habitus on other countries. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to reveal this violence

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Fukuyama, F, (2008). Wealth and culture; a conversation with david lands, the American interest, accessible at https://www.the-american-interest.com.
 

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