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Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública
Print version ISSN 0120-386X
Abstract
GONZALEZ C, Victoria E.. Identity construction in the medical field of the current Colombian health system: an approach from Pierre Bourdieu's field analysis. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [online]. 2012, vol.30, n.3, pp.338-346. ISSN 0120-386X.
This paper presents the possibility of addressing the issue of identity construction from the standpoint of Pierre Bourdieu’s field analysis. The question addressed in the review is ''how is field theory applied to identity construction?'' Initially, a brief overview of the micro/macro and action/structure integration in contemporary sociology is presented together with Bourdieu’s field theory. Then, the concept of identity is presented from the standpoint of distinguishability. Finally, and as an example, the authors discuss the application of field analysis to the theoretical and methodological approach of the medical field.
Keywords : theory of fields; habitus; dialectical relation; identity construction.