TY  - GEN
A1  - Schmidt-Wellenburg, Christian
A1  - Lebaron, Frederic
T1  - There is no such thing as "the Economy"
BT  - Economic phenomena analysed from a field-theoretical perspective
BT  - Zur Analyse ökonomischer Phänomene aus feldtheoretischer Perspektive
T2  - Historical Social Research
N2  - This introductory essay to the HSR Special Issue “Economists, Politics, and Society” argues for a strong field-theoretical programme inspired by Pierre Bourdieu to research economic life as an integral part of different social forms. Its main aim is threefold. First, we spell out the very distinct Durkheimian legacy in Bourdieu’s thinking and the way he applies it in researching economic phenomena. Without this background, much of what is actually part of how Bourdieu analysed economic aspects of social life would be overlooked or reduced to mere economic sociology. Second, we sketch the main theoretical concepts and heuristics used to analyse economic life from a field perspective. Third, we focus on practical methodological issues of field-analytical research into economic phenomena. We conclude with a short summary of the basic characteristics of this approach and discuss the main insights provided by the contributions to this special issue.
T2  - 'Die Ökonomie‘ gibt es nicht!
KW  - Economic sociology
KW  - field
KW  - Bourdieu
KW  - methodology
KW  - discourse
KW  - domination
KW  - state
KW  - economy
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.43.2018.3.7-38
SN  - 0172-6404
VL  - 43
IS  - 3
SP  - 7
EP  - 38
PB  - GESIS, Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
CY  - Cologne
ER  -