To be Different in a World of Similarities: Essay About the Symbolic Dimension of Vulnerability
The following text is based on the idea that social vulnerability has a symbolic dimension that has been disregarded by investigations that embrace this analytical focus, and that this needs to be emphasized in a theoretical way. After a brief introduction about the focus known as “vulnerability-act...
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2019-05-01
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| description | The following text is based on the idea that social vulnerability has a symbolic dimension that has been disregarded by investigations that embrace this analytical focus, and that this needs to be emphasized in a theoretical way. After a brief introduction about the focus known as “vulnerability-active-opportunities,” the article uses concepts of symbolic power, symbolic violence, and the social verdict to outline a theory of symbolic vulnerability. For the sake of clarity and in order to strengthen the argument, this article brings forth examples of its own empirical research, from texts of self-analysis of various authors, and of current news. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2ea566decb414ef28d84cb8b97cbf81e2025-02-02T10:56:35ZspaFacultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede EcuadorÍconos1390-12492224-69832019-05-012364139157https://doi.org/10.17141/iconos.64.2019.3144To be Different in a World of Similarities: Essay About the Symbolic Dimension of VulnerabilityDucange Médor BerthoThe following text is based on the idea that social vulnerability has a symbolic dimension that has been disregarded by investigations that embrace this analytical focus, and that this needs to be emphasized in a theoretical way. After a brief introduction about the focus known as “vulnerability-active-opportunities,” the article uses concepts of symbolic power, symbolic violence, and the social verdict to outline a theory of symbolic vulnerability. For the sake of clarity and in order to strengthen the argument, this article brings forth examples of its own empirical research, from texts of self-analysis of various authors, and of current news.https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/3144Symbolic VulnerabilitySubjectivisationSymbolic PowerInsultExclusion |
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| title | To be Different in a World of Similarities: Essay About the Symbolic Dimension of Vulnerability |
| title_full | To be Different in a World of Similarities: Essay About the Symbolic Dimension of Vulnerability |
| title_fullStr | To be Different in a World of Similarities: Essay About the Symbolic Dimension of Vulnerability |
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| title_short | To be Different in a World of Similarities: Essay About the Symbolic Dimension of Vulnerability |
| title_sort | to be different in a world of similarities essay about the symbolic dimension of vulnerability |
| topic | Symbolic Vulnerability Subjectivisation Symbolic Power Insult Exclusion |
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