The habitus guides our behavior via intentionless invention of regulated improvisation, like ‘a train bringing along its own rails’.

Evidence

Bourdieu and Swidler – Structures and the Habitus (Ethan Hein)

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
  • XREF: connects to: Small acts of decorum toward corpses matter more than practical logic — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 483