The concept of habitus according to Pierre Bourdieu

Abstract

This article seeks to look at the meaning of Habitus when Pierre Bourdieu , specifically
the origins and types and dimensions of this concept , through research in general lexical
semantics , and sociological significance in sociological pattern of Bourdieu . This article also
seeks to create a clear represent to this concept, And transferred to the researchers in the
Arab world, and to raise attention to the importance of analytical understanding and
interpretation of social action .
From here, we can see the importance of research in the concept of "Habitus", as a
serious attempt to overstepping the dual view of classic theory (freedom-inevitability), which
led to the conflict classical sociological theories, which is trying to say either freely and
effectiveness of the individual in society or the inevitability and compelling structures of
social, economic and cultural.