Niewidzialne imperium albo o kłopotach w szkole
An invisible empire: on troubles in school
Author(s): Marian BieleckiSubject(s): Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Culture and social structure , Social Theory
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: habitus; reproduction; scholastic ideology; cultural capital; pedagogical authority;
Summary/Abstract: The article presents an interpretation of “school” scenes from Gombrowicz’s Ferdydurke which was inspired by Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological method. The use of concepts such as ‘habitus’, ‘reproduction’, and ‘pedagogical authority’ allows one to see not only a satire on didactic ineptitude, but also a thorough and acute analysis of the functioning of the school as an institution in these scenes. From this perspective, the key function of school is not to teach, but to reproduce the structure of the social order and implement performative pedagogy which shapes this community’s members.
Journal: Przestrzenie Teorii
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 20
- Page Range: 49-77
- Page Count: 29
- Language: Polish