Theory of Practice and China Research: Legal and Social Science Studies

This article reviews the theory of practice that the author has employed for many years, including a discussion of my understanding of the ideas of its original founder Pierre Bourdieu, and my borrowing, expanding, and reinterpreting of his theory. I have long advocated the development of a new “soc...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Modern China 2022-11, Vol.48 (6), p.1115-1139
Main Author: Huang, Philip C. C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic disciplines
Bourdieu, Pierre (1930-2002)
Logic
Rationality
Social development
Social research
Theory
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This article reviews the theory of practice that the author has employed for many years, including a discussion of my understanding of the ideas of its original founder Pierre Bourdieu, and my borrowing, expanding, and reinterpreting of his theory. I have long advocated the development of a new “social science of practice,” which is to say, to begin our research from the study of actual practice, on that basis re-examine and reformulate existing theories or generate new concepts, and then return once more to practice to test those. In hindsight, my own research into the biculturality of late-developing China from Western invasion and influence as well as from indigenous tradition, especially as manifested in its changing justice system, has been crucially important to my rethinking of the theory of practice. This article summarizes the key issues and major points involved.
ISSN:0097-7004
1552-6836
DOI:10.1177/00977004221120181