Social indifference is in fact a sign of the failure of the processes of cohesion and integration in the connection of individuals with society. The severity and pervasiveness of social indifference will undoubtedly lead to social disintegration and, in a way, to underdevelopment. Accordingly, the importance of the study of social indifference in its adverse consequences on the path of developm...

PURPOSE This article focuses on how visiting contemporary art galleries and discussing the artwork in facilitated focus groups affected culturally inactive participants' social and cultural capital. The research is taken from a larger study that explored the contribution that visiting contemporary art galleries made to the well-being of people aged 64 and older. DESIGN AND METHODS A total of ...

This paper intends to evaluate cultural capital & social identity of different dimensions of cultural capital through self-description of people. Then it may study any correlation of cultural capital with different indexes of social identity. Cultural capital in accordance with the viewpoint of Borodino has three dimensions including: Conceptual dimension, Real dimension and finalized dimension...

This article examines the extent to which cultural capital helps to explain the link between social background and gaining an offer for study at the University of Oxford. We find that cultural knowledge, rather than participation in the beaux arts, is related to admissions decisions. This effect is particularly pronounced in arts subjects. We only partly support Bourdieu’s postulation of cultur...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between cultural capital and social alienation. According to Pierre Bourdieu’s Standpoint, cultural capital involves habitus, rhetoric styles, different forms of knowledge and tastes. According to Bourdieu, the individuals who are in high economic and social hierarchical level have different patterns, habitus and type of cultural goods...

In this article we adopt a Bourdieu-based approach to study social inequalities in perceptions of mental and physical health. Most research takes into account the impact of economic or social capital on health inequalities. Bourdieu, however, distinguishes between three forms of capital that can determine peoples' social position: economic, social and cultural capital. Health research examining...

Unlike other online communities, social networking sites (SNSs) provide the platform for individuals to present themselves and to connect with others through list of connections. Researching social capital, which arises from networked relationship on cross-cultural networking, can help us gain a systematic understanding of cultural differences and their roles in cross-cultural interaction in te...

introduction : body is a phenomenon not only biological, but social and cultural and today as signs of personal and cultural identity, that can be socially built so its construction and function are a state of social and cultural beliefs. researchers believe that the body and culture do not exist apart from each other, and the embodiment of body goes to people`s culture and society in which liv...