Hybridizing Habitus and Reflexivity: Towards an Understanding of Contemporary Identity?

“that, if projects can only ever be consciously and intentionally chosen, and these intentions are not influenced by tacit understandings that individuals are not aware of, why is it that individuals choose the projects they do and have the convictions that they do as opposed to other ones? Project selection would be a…”

“And latterly, of course, he is accused of an excessively agentic view of social practices (Adams, 2006).”

“…integrated around a particular threshold concept, then a retreat into earlier patterns of understanding becomes extremely difficult, especially when even more sophisticated, complex and demanding conceptualizations are engaged with in the future (Adams, 2003; 2006; Cunliffe, 2003; Trafford, 2008).”

“Prereflective and embodied knowledge of how to navigate social worlds is conceptualized by Bourdieu as hab-itus (Adams, 2006; Bourdieu, 1977, 1998; Crossley, 2001; Lovell, 2000).”

“I agree with sociologist Matthew Adams (2006) who recognizes that reflexivity is important if one is to explore one’s habitus.”

“Expressly, in some recent sociologies of youth (Adams, 2006), Bourdieu’s original theorising, particularly his practice theories and the concept of habitus has been applied as an important analytic tool to understand the continuing inequalities.”

“As other writers have claimed (Adams, 2006; Sweetman, 2003), the disjunction is born out of the fact that their aspirations to follow a normal biography containing job security and settled life are at odds with the flexible and risky options opened up for them by the vocational training.”

“The concepts of habitus and reflexivity do not stand in diametric opposition to one another (Atkinson 2011), but ‘coexist in no doubt complex ways’ (Adams 2006, 524).”

“This transformation is no longer bounded by the particular constitution of individual habitus (Adams, 2006) but is still fashioned by the field.”

“In this respect, it is accepted that economic and social activities have a determinant role in the shaping of identity (Miles, 2005; Adams, 2006; Jetten et al., 2017; Beckert and Lutter, 2013).”

“This reflexive adaptability becomes particularly significant in rapidly changing or contested fields, such as digital media or global finance, where the pace of transformation often outstrips the stability of traditional structures (Adams, 2006; Schirato and Webb, 2002).”

“(Adams, 2006) In the 19th century, when emphasizing the role of language for a nation and relationship between language and national spirit, the distinguished German anthropologist William von Humboldt had pointed out that: language is the breath of a nation's existence and the soul of a nation.”

“…replace it; it offers individuals additional rights and opportunities within the EU and promotes a sense of European identity, unity between citizens and participation in the EU’s democratic processes (Adams, 2006; Golob et al., 2024; Ma-zur & Ramiro Troitiño, 2024; Ramiro Troitiño & Mazur, 2024).”

“The study chose semi-structured individual interviews, which offer an effective balance between flexibility and structure for in-depth data collection (Adams 2006).”

“Like various other scholars (Adams 2006; Lo and Stacey 2008), expanding the notion of habitus to hybrid habitus helps to move discussions of culture to a collective level by linking it to structures while allowing for individual and contextual differences.”

“(Ioanna) Reflexive awareness does not necessarily lead to change or transformation since reflex-ivity may exist as a possibility but is nonetheless confined by the social world (Adams, 2006; McNay, 1999).”

“According to an interpretative line (Sayer 2005, Mouzelis 2007, Elder-Vass 2007, Adams 2016), reflexivity – alongside incorporation – is a constitutive and not “exceptional” dimension of social action; that is, dynamics of rationalization and “justification” of action permeate our everyday life,…”

“Furthermore, his work provides a useful point of departure to study the potential for and challenges to human agency when circumstances (such as lifestyle-related chronic illness) challenge habitual patterns of behaviour (Adams, 2006; McNay, 1999).”

“…entretanto, no levantamento bibliográfico desta pesquisa identificamos trabalhos que apresentam os conceitos de habitus e ideologia dos autores, relacionados à identidade do sujeito (ADAMS, 2006; BAXTER e BRITTON, 2001; BOTTERO, 2010; DALLYN, 2014; MCNAY, 1999; SORENSEN e VILLADSEN, 2015).”

“Then, you communicate your decision further (Process of Communication), first to yourself, reflexively (Adams, 2006; Pillow, 2003; Probst & Berenson, 2013), and then one word to your friend.”

“Norms, traditions and institutions are core elements in understanding individual behaviour over the life course, as it is a person’s ‘habitus’, as Bourdieu and Giddens have argued (see Adams, 2006).”

“[35] They come to “know” how to act in certain situations and what is the “right thing to do.”