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Reflecting with Pierre Bourdieu: towards a reflexive outlook for parctice-based studies of entrepreneurship
Journal
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development
ISSN
0898-5626
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2020-04
Author(s)
Abstract
In recent times, practice-based approaches have gained momentum as theoretical tools to understand entrepreneurship. Even if this project is far from finished, in this paper we argue that it needs its own critical assessment by zooming in on one of the major implications which comes with taking the practice turn, namely the question of reflexivity. Drawing on Bourdieu’s rich and refined conception of reflexivity, which forms an inherent part of his practice theory, we delineate the importance of incorporating this notion in how we further apply Bourdieu in practice-based entrepreneurship studies, while also opening up for a reflexive outlook of the practice turn in entrepreneurship studies. In particular, we argue that reflexivity is not so much a self-involved scholarly issue but rather a matter of attending to the social and intellectual unconscious embedded in our research and analytical tools, which can bring both epistemic and civic renewal in the ways practice-based approaches are developed in entrepreneurship studies. In the conclusion, we underline that the practice turn, without a reflexive outlook, will rather maintain the status quo of the field of entrepreneurship studies instead of realizing the promise it holds for the study of entrepreneurship.
Language
English
Keywords
Reflexivity
epistemic
practice turn
Bourdieu
scholastic view
entrepreneurship
relationality
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Routledge
Volume
32
Number
3-4: Entrepreneurship as Practice
Start page
313
End page
333
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
260146