ABSTRACT

We seek to consider the use of Pierre Bourdieu’s ‘cultural capital’ within Swedish sociology of education focusing on the adoption of the term and asking how the ‘cultural capital’ is related to the specific context in Sweden. Here we consider the historical context and disciplinary route through which the concept travelled. The Swedish educational system promoted the ideal of meritocracy: everyone had an equal chance to access education, which in turn should facilitate social mobility. Even if the economic barriers to accessing education had been removed and higher education was available, social equality had not been achieved. The concept of cultural capital allowed for precise analyses of social groups’ use of the education system. The studies were able to show that the meritocratic ideal also concealed an inequality, where the school’s embrace of culture was something different from, and more than, what the teaching was supposed to convey.

摘要

我们试图考虑在瑞典教育社会学中使用皮埃尔·布迪厄（Pierre Bourdieu）的“文化资本”，重点是该术语的采用，并询问“文化资本”与瑞典的特定环境有何关系。在这里，我们考虑了概念传播的历史背景和学科路线。瑞典的教育体系提倡精英管理的理想：每个人都有平等的机会接受教育，这反过来又应促进社会流动。即使消除了获得教育的经济障碍并提供了高等教育，也没有实现社会平等。文化资本的概念允许对社会群体对教育系统的使用进行精确的分析。这些研究表明，精英主义理想也掩盖了不平等，