On “Epistemic Arrest” and Different Forms of Capital / A Bourdieusian Analysis of Czechoslovak Ethnography

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

On “Epistemic Arrest” and Different Forms of Capital / A Bourdieusian Analysis of Czechoslovak Ethnography

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The review presents Nikola Balaš’s book An Ethnographic Chiefdom, which analyses Czechoslovak ethnography during the normalization period through the framework of Bourdieu’s field theory. The author explains the absence of sustained critical scholarly debate, described as “epistemic arrest,” as a consequence of a power structure shaped by different forms of capital, including party capital, social capital, ethnographic capital, and clandestine capital. The study moves beyond both totalitarian interpretations and narratives of “islands of freedom” by offering a structural account of knowledge production under state socialism. Although some arguments, particularly those concerning the role of clandestine ties, are less extensively substantiated, the book represents an important contribution to the history of science and to broader discussions about the functioning of academic fields in both the socialist period and the present.

Název v anglickém jazyce

On “Epistemic Arrest” and Different Forms of Capital / A Bourdieusian Analysis of Czechoslovak Ethnography

Popis výsledku anglicky

The review presents Nikola Balaš’s book An Ethnographic Chiefdom, which analyses Czechoslovak ethnography during the normalization period through the framework of Bourdieu’s field theory. The author explains the absence of sustained critical scholarly debate, described as “epistemic arrest,” as a consequence of a power structure shaped by different forms of capital, including party capital, social capital, ethnographic capital, and clandestine capital. The study moves beyond both totalitarian interpretations and narratives of “islands of freedom” by offering a structural account of knowledge production under state socialism. Although some arguments, particularly those concerning the role of clandestine ties, are less extensively substantiated, the book represents an important contribution to the history of science and to broader discussions about the functioning of academic fields in both the socialist period and the present.

Druh

O - Ostatní výsledky

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů