This article seeks to revisit the French social space 30 years after Pierre Bourdieu first mapped it in Distinction. Using data from the International Social Survey Programme, it deploys geometric data analysis to construct a model of the space of class positions that is remarkably similar in its structure to that presented by Bourdieu despite three decades of economic transformation. The relationship with occupational groups and geographical space is also familiar, though gender and, to a greater extent, age are perhaps more prominent than when Bourdieu was writing. The article then goes on to demonstrate the multidimensional nature of symbolic violence, in the form of perception of one’s place, and the manner in which social reproduction is misrecognised. On the latter point, it transpires that while there is recognition of unfair advantage, not only is faith in meritocracy the prevailing view but the dominated are the most likely to deny that having educated parents makes a difference to whether one ‘gets ahead’ or not.

本文旨在在Pierre Bourdieu首次将其绘制在Distinction中30年后重新审视法国的社会空间。尽管经过了三十年的经济转型，它使用国际社会调查计划的数据，运用几何数据分析来构建阶级位置空间模型，该模型的结构与布迪厄提出的结构极为相似。与职业群体和地理空间的关系也很熟悉，尽管性别和更大程度的年龄可能比布迪厄写作时更为突出。然后，本文继续以象征性暴力的形式展示其对人的处境的理解，以及对社会再生产的误认方式。在后一点上，可以理解的是，尽管人们认识到存在不公平的优势，