السلطة الرمزية عند بيير بورديو (Pierre Bourdieu)‎

Abstract EN

In any human society, whether a family or a village, a city, an institution or a state, the system manages the individuals’ affairs and the effectiveness of this system depends on the ability to adjust individuals’ behaviours in accordance with legal and ethical regulations prescribed by the collective mind of society.

This system is termed ‘authority’.

Authority is generally associated with the concept of power, i.e, related to the states and there institutions.

But many socio-economic, political and cultural circumstances and the evolution of Western thoughts in various fields has produced a new concept of authority.

In this respect, the French philosopher "Michel Foucault," can be considered as one of the most important founders of this new understanding of the concept of power, along with "Max Weber" and "Pierre Bourdieu”.

In the field of sociological studies "Pierre Bourdieu," read the structure of Western society and the disclosure of the various mechanisms of control, domination and symbolic violence.

According to him, the symbolic authority of violence is linked to society, in the sense that the state exercises across a range of institutions (media, school, art, and religion ...) symbolic violence against individuals and groups.

So we will try through this work to define the concept of power Avatar according to Pierre Bourdieu and present the various mechanisms that reveal symbolic violence through male dominance, and the power of TV.