Shared spatial and temporal rhythms constitute group identity itself, not just its symbols

Evidence

Symbolic orderings of space and time provide a framework for experience through which we learn who or what we are in society. ‘The reason why submission to the collective rhythms is so rigorously demanded,’ writes Bourdieu (1977, 1 63), ‘is that the temporal forms or the spatial structures structure not only the group’s representation of the world but the group itself, which orders itself in accordance with this representation.’ — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 1341

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Defines the Bourdieu mechanism by which spatio-temporal structures constitute (not merely represent) the social group.
  • XREF: Links to Bourdieu’s theory of habitus and embodied social reproduction, relevant to the reader’s intermediate analysis of how cultural structures persist across economic regimes. — connects to: Collective identity is a shared place in the social world; Social power arises from hierarchies interacting with rhythms and composed wholes — Anna Kornbluh, Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late…, 368; Group identity itself can directly trigger emotional reactions — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2261 (+1 more)

Broader Connections