Yeah, I think I see analogous processes to a 'strategy of condescension' in the proper, more narrow use or whatever...actually, those are more interesting to me because less overt. like how authority figures (profs, whoever) who downplay that get followings and adoration, but only because they're in that position of power. if they actually were just 'one of the guys' or somehow destroyed their authority, they'd lose it. but that's just me, not bourdieu. he coined the term to talk about like, lords who play cricket to keep up good relations, or politicians who give speeches in a folksy accent, or try to prove they can play ball and walk the dog and drink beer or whatever. the thing with politicians is it's usually a conscious strategy, but what i'm talking about more generally is often unconscious.
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Date: 2009-01-09 02:42 pm (UTC)? sorry...