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Laying out the logic of Bourdieu’s approach to institutional fi elds, this essay argues that Bourdieu’s theorization of the logic of practice is a generic contest for domination in a plurality of homologously organized fi elds. Bourdieu aligns all practices through the logic of domination, which allows him to homologize group relations in every fi eld. This homologization depends on a homogenization of fi elds, the sociological effacement of their cultural specifi city. The essay then contrasts Bourdieu’s model of the practical logic of fi elds to Friedland’s understanding of the institutional logic of practice.