Pierre Bourdieu

"The university must resist its own tendency to become a tool of social reproduction."

"Cultural intermediaries play a crucial role in translating and marketing cultural goods."

"The logic of the gift is always haunted by the specter of economic exchange."

"Suffering becomes bearable when it is seen as inevitable rather than unjust."

"The practice of naming itself is a social act that carries consequences."

"What we call objectivity is the standpoint of the dominant group in any field."

"The field of power is not monolithic but composed of competing hierarchies."

"Museums function as temples that consecrate certain forms of cultural expression."

"The intellectual must maintain a precarious balance between engagement and autonomy."

"Social mobility is both possible and structurally constrained."

"The working class often adopts the aesthetic values of the dominant class."

"History is not something that happens to us; we participate in its reproduction."

"The school teaches not just knowledge but also dispositions and attitudes."

"Friendship between social unequals is always shadowed by the fact of inequality."

"The field of journalism mediates between political power and public opinion."

"What appears as individual choice is often the internalization of structural necessity."

"The logic of accumulation applies not just to capital but to all forms of social goods."

"Art history is a history of the struggle to define what counts as art."

"The most oppressive structures are those that appear most natural and inevitable."

"Autonomy is never absolute but always relative to a field and its stakes."

"The body is a repository of social meaning and classification."

"Taste formation is inseparable from the experience of social difference."

"The field of academia is characterized by a peculiar mixture of prestige and insecurity."

"Language use is a form of social positioning that announces one's place in society."

"The reproduction of inequality requires the active participation of the dominated."

"What sociology reveals is that the personal is always political."

"The market for cultural goods is structured by the desires of collectors and curators."

"Identity is not discovered but produced through participation in social fields."

"The intellectual must think against themselves, against their own interests."

"The family is the primary site where social capital is transmitted across generations."