| ps7 wensey OUTLINE OF A THEORY OF PRACTICE PIERRE BOURDIEU ‘Translated by thaw CoedGenerative schemes and practical logic: invention within limits 1 ky made aw heap Srey.” Ut you bol uc hands pside down, you tthe oppin of wha You ery (Charen M, Sele, hart Ne One Le Yon, Sony ‘(rimathetaten) ad learns ht lemons thvgh mimes (aie mimes) "Rte Pap Obj contiats the social works spectacle presented oan observer sho takes up 1 "point of mien" on the Aton, whe an bee soot nerve it and, earring into the object the principles of hi relaion to the objec, conceives of 4 totality intended fo eagnton sone in hich al interaction ae reduced to symbolic exchanges, Ps pot of View ihe Seaford by high pontine te wc wow, fem nc el ‘word appears representation (inthe senae of teat pies tu ao ‘teen ping rte theatre) and pracceate no tnorevhan xeon, age part, Performance of score, othe ipementing of plane, With the “Mars tthe Theses om Feuerbach the theory of pratiee ae practi, it pontvit materia, thatthe abc of knowlege re contrac, ‘saint idan ier, that he principe of thi contocon ‘ctl activity orem toward praca ution Iv pons tosbendon "he avereign point of view from which abjestivit deliem orders the word, without tong frced to relinguish he “active tpect a ppreheesion of hg ‘wold by seducing copition toa mere econding Ht suflew toate oneal ‘thi "real acti sac" inthe praca lation tothe words the qs bodily aiming’ which ets no representation of eter te ody ther il ef thr clatonaip tha seve peer athe wold {trough which che word enone fen prewncr, wit le urges, ts thi tothe done or ad things “made” oe sad ad eid "eb dane’, whieh te “The calendar and the synoptic ilasion a diet command wore and dees without ver deploying smo “The apument that ave deeope es mich mong attcopolgit (to scene) be tong melogats Canmeectnodog) neu enon ‘nd cmfcaory stems hve one hing n common: they fre that hse iSaruments of cogeson fal x such fon ote than thee of pare ‘Srnion Pace always imps vcogve pean praca operon i cnstracon which ttn f9 wars by rence tps frcnn, ‘ower fcaucaton (ronnie chops perception and ua atc. Proueed bythe pace of eurttne greet, censors Wexncase ofa dermis ype these chomere percep, ppc, faction, hichareseqied hough pac tnd spiel ir prea ‘at wthot waning snp epee fant pce pee cso sch sje each weed ‘Sepa henner fe ncn Poca soon, een ‘opstion un summation whic ae te prconton fr tho ees ‘Stott mensiogued he onoare ce meaning eet the sete og cai othe etn hat ty ae themeler seed, The oe on ea aly case squat ed by “arate Seompesea oy test etl snl hc wily renin he tron ht ond of producon td we, ner fal undertand thsi freee “Te oberene tobe obteved inal roti the apltionof the se tab ln cor a tan tc esteem hh te pence pte ccrntung ta tbio oe tothe wel sears (une of ators Steen tap the senror ape sie erberwceacel des) hich they eth rede end whist Darth ad imesh to tepadice’ Fhe praca! operator hich come he abn tad which {Shc hes Prana stn pre atrane epoca fe ford forms ierng tem ase the east of system of yale ‘athena, he oppure aod’ erarcen which ectalyeruioe socal resin hcp help sols y senting tes may Sate le ‘Te calendar ad the synoptic iain Analysis of the agrarian calendar will enable us to demonstrat, bya sort of [oof per abvrdom, the ertor whic results from the snelletslt theory St soil eystems of clamifcstion. Owing to the extremely important sit {onction which fall orchecrating the groups atv, the elendar indeed one of the most eadied septs of soil existe” The organization* Generative scenes and praca lie of practice isnot entrusted in this cate excusvely to the practical sheet ofthe habs: the abjct of expliet injunctions and express resormen. tad)ma Generative women praca logic apace la fide abracn, brngingetmeyba imo dierent relations trough diferent specs or Bringing dierent specs the same referent the same relation of opposition; i other wera, faces the Socratic question of ths pectin eich the erent fo apre Iended (ahpe, colout, unction, et.) herby siting the need fo die fm each cae the principle goveraing the choice ofthe sper elected, ah “fortor the need wo stcks9 tat principle sal mes, But in sling jes Sd selecting’ aspects, the practcal wxonomy. applies, successively or Situlaneouly, principles hich areal indent reducible to one anothcr, fd this enables tt clay the sume “data” from several dierent stand Poin without casing ther indent ways (wheres © more igre? jutem would make ar many caaifiations a found properties). The ‘hivere thus undergoes «divin hich eam be aid to Be logis, thug it Seema to break al the rules of logical division (or example, by malin Aivsons which are neither exclusive nor exhaustive), for alt ichoterse:, te indefitly redundant, Being inthe lt sna the produc of sil Princ diinn. Beaune the principle opposing the tra which ave been related (eq the sun and the moon) is noe defined and unl tes own to simple contrerity (where coctadicion implies psksanary nals) nalgy (hic, when dee not function purely et practical tie ‘shvaye expresed lipiclly~ "woman ie the mon") stabi homology teewecn oppoations (sn‘moman:sun:sneen) set up in aor dance with two indeterminate, overdetermined principle (bot eld ale femal:sday:night sete) which difer fom the principles generating eer homologies into which ether of the two tere in. question might enter (Gnan:woman::eat-west or toon: dry-wet). In other words, Bid tbstrscon isso fala abstraction. Beenie the properties dotinguishing one “datum” fom another remsin alached to now-pertinent properties, he ‘scimntin a comprehensive s0d complete ever wen fandamertaly tot ‘atenonly one respect. The spect ofeach ofthe terns which (mpi) ‘elected from s singe standpoint in any particular connection made between ‘hem remain stad tote Uber apes through which can aucun be opposed to other smpectsof another relerentinther connections. Thesame term eould thus enter ites infinite umber of conneesons the number ff way of lating te what nt ill were not inte woe funeamental ‘pposisons. Rims pracice proceeds no diferenty from the child who Atove Andeé Gide to despair by lnstiog thatthe opposite of "blane™ fete “blanche” andthe Teminine of "grand", "pects 19 abort, the “alist sense inclested in the erat year of ia Wall ay of thinking in couple, aot of "sense ofthe contrary”, whic gies ie tthe ‘ouatls application of ew basic contrann capable proving nnn, Bemomy of logic a of determination (4 man is Bots womans tad ie ot frog) and cannot {Bve ay informatio abou he relations relates, becuae ti proiely their {ndeterminacy ad fussing tht permit it to operate The uncertain and ‘ituderstandings inherent in this ogc of suggestion and ambit ae thos the price that hat toe pai fr the scmomy which rele fom feducig the universe ofthe flats betwen opposite and of the tlations between {hee relations to few asic felaions fom which all he others ean be event, ‘Sympotei tom holo, a8 the Stace called ithe afity between all the objects of «univers im which meaning fe everywhere, ond everywhere ‘uperabundant, is chive tte cat of the fines and vaguenen ofeach ‘tthe elements ad each ofthe relationships between her’ loge can be ‘herynbere only Beemse iti realy nowhere Ifrtual practices and repre ‘ttions ae sbjecivey endowed with paral, approninae semi. this ‘Seesuse they ae the product of a small umber of generative schemes that te proctalyterchateable, e.eapable of producing equalent ress from the pont of view ofthe “lie!” demande of practice. I they never have more than paral snd approximate syeematicgy, this ia becabe the schemes of which they ae the product canbe quas-univeralyappied only Teeaue they fonction thet praia sae, on the ther sie f expt atement and consequently outside ofall opel cottl, andy elerence {fo practical ende which are sich 8 to pone en them x mciny which i tnt ft og ‘ey nena nt ne emg asin oe ‘Fe Gece base ot aetna ie eles: Se eda tee tan nd ce ey ayn abt nic rua ela puso he bane, eppoing op sad {Se mela geen oe he nh er pom pt ens and ease sean Sede of phage re arng nd oeon Goneatic chome ad practi oie ‘rene een en amt og teste aprivoms menranbrrmph ss oe teeters So ee em eceeaeeeeme tate Thee mu ted then be nnpended by in SImmcdiely be pen bet tw produce thi marativ, orto decode (teat tna SESE ees hahof Hlebebver Remman *pomeganste as" (oe symbol por excl of {cain ned ith te wom) he roa bom tebe) {eo accra com sts roman hte png me von pie man Ct ete athe, "hod sheaves tas od'ep ied teed eet ao ‘SUE yore trent anoged as bl male eds opie a rong md pls tous tegen nthe eld emp ae ‘Te body ot promt: camogenic rates Understanding situa practice i nota question of deoding th eteral logis ‘fa symbol but of restoring ite practical necanityby relating ito the fal ‘conditions oft geneei, that tothe conditions in which fuetiona and the mcans it uses tO attain them, are deined. It means for example, ‘constituting ~by an operation af ogc econsrton ohich has nothing to do wth an act ol eopthic projection =the signiance and functions that lagen in a determinate socal formation can (and smut) confer on a detet- Iminate practice or experience, given the practical exons which orgenine ‘hele perception. When confronted with mth and rita, coil theory bs abeays heated between the ly dtance whic he ont comprehensive ‘sence sala to keep between itelf andthe cementary floras of ers and ‘The body at pemeter:comogons proton ns the matical participation ofthe grest nits of dhe gstc tradition, The ject retin which triage to light the ao-cled objective funcons tfimythe and ets (ar Durkheim, functions of moral integration for Lei ‘Strum, netons of logic intepation) make possible to Underand tow thane fnetions are flied, besause Ht brackets the agent! own repre station of the world and of their prac. "Farispant™ anthropology, ‘the ether hand = when it not tnerely inpsed by nostalgia for the ‘errian paraies, the principe of al conservative Wecogjes~ regard the ‘Reman invariants and the universality ofthe most basic expences lint jcation for secking eternal anewers tothe eteroal questions af the coumogonies an coumalogis in the practical ansvery which the peaeats ‘of Kabpiis or eaewhere have given tothe pratcl, historically situated ‘roblr which were forced ther ina determinate state of their ara ‘ents of matrl and symbole appropriation af the wold. Even when they ‘re asymptotic with siete rth, te inepted interpretations fostered by Sicha deposition are never more than the inversion ofthe false objecteation performed by clonal anthropology. By euting practice of fom thee real ‘Sonne of exitencey in ore ta crt them with sien intentions, by 4 ‘te generosity conducive to style elect, the exaltation of lot wiadam ‘iponscnecs them, auely oppose, ol eeryhing tha conetiter heir {eon and thes ron ire, and locks them in the sternal esence of 4 “Stnenaity"."The Kabyle woman setting up her loom i not performing am ‘sl conogeny: he spy eting up er lor to weave cath teed ‘ouerves technical function tea happen that given the apmbolic equipment ‘Svalabetoherler thinking hee own activity ad in paral he language, ‘hich conmanty referer back othe loge of ploughing ~ ahe cen ony eink ‘what she is doing in the enchanted, that to say, maid, form Shick cali, they for etrnal snyteres, finds wo enchanting Rites take pce beaune snd only beeate key Sind their raion rein the conditions of existence and the dispositions of agents wh cennot afford the lnury of lopalspecolton, mystical esis, or metaphia nasty. eis ne auficieetoniicle the more naive frm of funciona inde tohave done wih the question of the practical function of practic. Iie clear that a universal definition of the fonctions of marrage au an operation Intended to ensure the bishogical reproduction of the group, in accordance ‘with forme approved by the Brow ana way explana Kabyle mariage ial But, contrary to sppearances, scarey more understanding i evved fr ‘aructuraltnlyats which ignores the specie functions of sta! practices ‘nd fila oinguite ato the economic and social conditions the reduction ff the daponitiona generating both these practices and alo the collective ‘knit of the pesca fnetion in whee servic they function, Thene Generative schemes ond practical logic sh grt do ot ato "tpn dia” ba hd ‘Meeciog che retun'ef he cas, nde ap SES my ceed wees tht hain she ae peas as ee Sores a aera aes ae ste of al pins whch ol vues red fr wine fe tee bro th ee gen a ee may, ‘ich otal panto eerie yt ates cndionn cams Gat nc pacar tae Oy sear nanan at ‘hia nd cog oes indie eign eed ieee yaa ees emai ear shh ie nmeeSnurncd napa a by ee Sins of ese eine ety oat ned ‘Sarat eae und tata he Mag capt sas {ie limatc nd economic canon). Itt n'a fata Fon, betsen sme of prodcion aed’ ode a eon a ee cnt apnea death hase eas Santon of cae oc phere el spe Sine hnclon nro cede, intengh eee Win tre tonty ged ete ot te Mees te Siannstp sc ace pe cecens poet he aetied Seto ished paces ‘i er tao pe of racic, ve neigh mite ci eossng tsps inst apn th spe ag Smet fly tl anton spr ae Se Eimer pang oad ee oe Does eo Sor Coban tnd seer thr tedceaniat eke est pede rrr prem ele ota tesa cnn na nce et le bea ‘SoS whic code t'be ed ue meee ea Spi aay nt prot panes nero ine he cig af nine cng te enna ses ‘ona badges OR he pro te ee Sapien ef fr pepe tras ned ee pat 3 Sor eclipse Oe cancer eons one gee Graig tuoi une —tichcemd ree Syn inet ating weds, Pet Repeat Ser rat enbtneend nen secon, sat ences gag steno nek mie lin escorts od or beet an Seo ‘The body et promt: eamogenc prectice or lcuments quite naturally forces on ims ~to express logic which i acted ‘out direct the frm of body gyeonastca without passing through the ‘xpress srprehenson ofthe “aypets” selected or rejected ofthe sna oF ‘Sana "proies" The lopcom inherent nthe objective standpoint ede ‘hone who adopt i to forget thet scientific contruction cannot grasp the Pritcples of practic! logs without changing the netare of thowe pnp then made explicit for objective study, 2 racial succeron becomes & ‘presented succion; an action erentd in raion tow apace cbjctively ‘onetuted asa structure of demande (things “to be dane and "not to be done") becomes a reversible operation carted out in contnaouey hore: feneous space: For example, as long as myhicoital space sec a ‘par operat, that aa tiene order of things costing, never ‘ore than theoretical space, i which the only landnara are provided by ‘he tems of relation of opposition (upldown, emt/west), and where only ‘heoretie! operation can be effect, lgisl placement td tenstor- ‘atone which difer fio cul rom tnovemente and scone stun Pet formed, such a falling orang. Having cabled thatthe vera space of the Kabyle house receives 4 symmetrically opposte signifction when replaced in the total space outage, we are [utd in wang, a We id ‘lie, that each of these wo spaces imide nd outed am be deve fom ‘the other by means of esem-etaton, only on condition that the mathematical language expreming such operations reunited mith ase in practice 0 that terms lke diplacement and otaton gre given thi practi sense ‘movement fh bod, rch a going era oF backed or turning round st as in the ime of Lévy, shee would bave been lee amssemest tthe edie ofthe "primitive mentality" had been poasibe vo conesne that te logic of magic and“ pertipation” might bate sme connection ih the experience of emotion, so nowadays there Would be lear astonishment st ‘he Slope! fenta ote Attrnian aborigines ifthe "avage mind” had not ten unconscioualy cteited, by srt of inverted ethnocenin, wih the ‘tion tothe orl that intl atibutes to every "consciouanet”™ nd if anhopologite had n0t remained slent about the tranformation Teading rom operations mastered in their practical sate othe formal opt ‘Son omorphc with them, fling by the same token toque into the coal ‘Sitons of production ofthat tansormation "The science of mth ina iberty to describe the eyatax of myth inthe language of group theory, vo long asi not forgotten that this language etre the thie nae avaiable to apprehension, bce tha be we tnd built up ages the experience i embles one to names i sary ecemary &0 init that we can no more entity the slentic study of ‘ridation wich the experience of re than ee can llr the continuous,ae Generative schemes and practical logic homogeneous space of geometry atthe practical space of practice, with te Syeammmetnee ta dacontinutice, andi directions conceived ar wubetanta proper, left and right, east and weet. We may sa that gyrmmatice or Aancing se geometry slong as we do not mean tomy tha he gyeaat nd ‘he dancer are geometere. Perhaps there woud be lo temptation fo ea the gent implicly or spicy aa logical opertor if (without entering int the ‘question of chronologal prioity) one went beck from the mythic logos to ‘oti! pea which ents interes of election. body movement, the operations which cbjctive analysis discovers ia mythic discourse, an ope ‘pera concealing the costing moment of mythopoie” practice under fed signications. Like the ws of jriaprudence, ital practice over its practical coerce (sbich may bevccoatituted inthe frm ofa objec ‘ed diagram of operation) to the fae that the product of ingle ye conta ichomes immanent in practce, orang ot only the perception tt objects (and in this parculat case, the eausScation of the powible ‘Eatrumenty crcunetances~ place und tine ~ und oem of ual eon) bat ‘ko the production of pracicee (in this case, the geurea and movements onaitcing ritual acon). Performing rt presipoas srething quite Sierent from the conscious mastery ofthe sort of eaalogueo opPenitions ‘hat is deawa up by academic commentators rsving for nyelic mastery fa dead r dying tdition (the Chinexe mandarin’ ables of equiva. Fence) and also by anthvopologiss n the st tage of their work, Praca mastery of principle nether more compler nor mare numerous than Ue Principles of slid statics applied shen ising a wheelbarrow, lever, or ‘uteracker* makes posible to produce itu ations tha ar compesble with the ends in wew (eg. obtaining rain or fray for the livestock) and {ntinialy at eas relatively) coherent that, combination of» particular ‘ype of cumatances (mes and places), insrueats and agents tnd above All of displacements and movements tly ualfed ab propitious of ‘Snpropitious These inclade going (or towing something) upwards or ‘tarda, downwards r westward, together wth ll he equivalent cons putting something onthe roo of thehouse or iowingttowardathe kamant ‘burying it on the theahold or throwing i towards the wale, going or ‘howing fo the lf o« with the lft band and pong o throwing to the rght fx withthe ight hands turning something fom lett ight, or ight oles ‘long (or tying) and pening (or enting), etc. Infact, an analy ofthe ‘univer of mythialyorritaly defined objects, starting withthe cream Manca, isramence, and agente of rial ttion, makes W clear thatthe ‘ouotle oppoitios cherted in every aes of existence can all be Brovght ‘downto small number ot couples which eppear ss fundamental, since, beng linked to one another onl by meak analogies, they cannot he reduced to oe ‘The body as sromee:cooogoni practice 19 nother excep in «forced and artical way. And slimost ll prove to be based fn momen or postuero the human body, such ar gong up and coming ‘Sowa (or going forwarde and going backwards), going to the lel sd going to the ight, going in and coming out (or ling and emptying), sting tad ending (ce). The reason why thie practical geomet, or geomet practice ("geometry inthe tangible world, ae Jean Nicod putt), maker much vse of inversion perhaps that, lie ior bringing tight the perndozes of biseal symmetry, the human body funetons at pratt ‘pero which reaches ote lt of the righthand thas to sha, puts [right arm inthe sleeve ofthe garment which had ben ying onthe I, ‘oF feverss right and lt, east and west by the mee fac of turing about {Tace™ somone or "tur it back” am hn, or agin, ture “upd down {hinge which were "the right way up” ~somaay movementewhih he mythic ‘world-view charges with social sqientione and which rite makes intensive eo. 1 catch mysel de [AS the geometric lou (OF aria and departares Tne House of the Pater “The post goes straight tothe heart ofthe relationship hetwsen the space Inside the hove and the outside wold: the vera of dictions (en) ood ‘meanings (sn) in ping in and coming ost. Arabelated, small-caleproducet ‘pate mythologies, ti caer for hin to eweep aide dead metaphors end toatrigh othe principe of mythopace practic, that tothe movements fd gestures which asin a sentence of Aller the Great's picked up by Ren ‘Char, can reveal the duality underyng the seeming unity ofthe object: "In “Germany there wera pai of tins, one of whom opened doors with hi ight ‘Sim the ater of wor shut thers with lf ar I we simply flow the opposition defined by Wilhcin von Humboit nd ‘move from egonto merges, from objects 0 ace othe principle of tit [Production more precaely rom the fot accompli and dead leer of he [Sra effected anlogy a:b, which objective hermencvtice consider, ‘oanalgial practic scheme ranercased out by the habitus on the asi acquired equivalences fcltating the interchangeably of reactions and fling the agent to maser by «sort of practical generalisation al sie [Problems Iiely to arse in new tuations, then a once we brea the spell of {he ponlagim encouraged by the exoterio version of ervcuralin a which the Fevelaion oft nonntentonal serene, often decribed by linguists (Sapir and Trubettoy, for example) and even anthropologas a an “un ‘Soneious finality”, serven asthe ass fora metaphynies of nature desned20 Generative homes and practia lie ‘pin he language of sar sine, We ae then in postion to uenton the pete coberenc which cast be cnr on here spite ‘how wh cone the mebodolgta paris fils 2 moi hens Phe fay wih Zl ps ue coin ery ite rae thn romprnn © pln nl paren coal Iypohea of he tent ald tobe he oi tern to fal cues 22am ol expsning ctrl phenomena prnetng theme soa te endowed wh srr nd meaning» Tt Se pn lan olan mguerou hun he plan ofsmupreee plane, and disused {atthe cura ula shold have Reo sme pape ie {ual acepabie form of Teardns-tht to toy Soe ecepuabe intel dre "Poe language of he body, whether ariculted in gerne, fre, in wat ppchosomate medina" the language he ong’ ncom bi ee ambiguous everson fine one of oriary hunger why al “wus re sey Brent ager tunings comand why the pio to, Ute dreayaeyascoma cer than he saa aml, atone rl tod ary, hat maybe gies oft Word eve charged ih conse ton bmi range ccs and ener el or imps sn ey ‘ac eplice and Wherefore “anaes he relatos seh the langue of ‘he ody mpg. I toliows tat spl by ng othe level ef ese none mation wants to sdy hte pric whi owe 2 Sumber of i propria tothe at tha alle shar feu (ohh docs nuc ant on loge) one abject Wo nthng rohan monn rete sor ors i cose otcqemen Ure st hmeve cane of puing unnoticed Rial pac whic sips oii pager anor utharne qcoutets betwen opposed are neve defies beta or ings theres thant and tnoogh he cao blah peactalyBetoen hem td akc the fll pone ef he pelony ofthe fondamena ‘ons myc“ whe ply pray epredesd y irms Too fr tramp the 0 ay tens = Aguayo wel cry ‘eo open (raza) x dor ors path na, Sr-rdonty contest) the ica (opening oe eae) apes (ig othe al fr) eg Oem smcy sh son te Sy ce oC be open apd tothe dor ‘ste ome ote bepaing fe rc, te har Ga etapa), ay, tors apen (ittuotive) spp os bod lace soc nou co gorwaly, to bewurenSan,meks cay, tse uni ged ‘pce (tay Cou open he Sor’, eater of sten ovesng vial Er tanng aac og bing er sd op thn The boy geomet: ogo practice a linguiie root, the mythical rot lends Hel to richer and. more varied ‘mterplay, andthe scheme: to ope (tans.) open (nrae,)~0 Be open males it posible wo et up atocintione among a whole et of verbn and noune {hat go lar beyond vmple morphological aniy: ican evoke the te a, ‘ounbind, unt, esole, diate, open, appear (sed of young shoots ence the name’ haath give to spring) vax ta Wousomn give bath (hence ‘aefrrath, Nosoming, and lara the sprouts which appear on the te intring ad more generally, elspring, the outcome ony barnes) to Prolers, uly ny, olorm (tans) to form Gintrega) applied oi) {to begir to grow (applied wo whe ors baby), to multiply Ce neta obit ‘feueetach, the new is fll of edlings ready to take ing), to abel or be ‘holed (peas and beans), and hus, o enter the period whem rsh bene can te packed (oh uafr), to aft and be aifted (wheat being Prepared for sinding), separnte or be separated (opponents) and thus, to recency Sppese, pail, dawn (dayigh which hts "wth the night and separ {tom i rar ws), 10 become brighter (the weather, frat lhl lly, ‘yoppositon, tea evoke the rot FLa, to break, burst sesh, to bebraken, ‘ae smashed, to apt and be spit ike the eg or pomegranate Broken st the dine of marrage and ploughing ‘One would only have’ to let oneelf be carried along by the legic of amnecations in order the reconstruct the whole system of tyaonyme std Conga of antonyns, and 2 on. On ‘un lle filed, or Pri increase (iotans.), molly Gtrana) or Ue, inate, and thou them pase othe ‘not 2D, unte (enon) te fintrann,) bein unity (he house al” of ten and good sa numetous, united house); on theater side, through the Shtonyme, one would nd empty ~ be emptied or ruin be ruined (Ht), Separate (rans) separate (itras)~be separated (rm), cut be sharp {Go}, extinguish be extinguished (77), ete Silat, string fom the Impticl root "go up" one Would ad go eastward oF be turned eastward, Fe toward the light, go toward the open country, go rightward, go formar, {into the fore, he born, sprout prow up (e bridge tothe previous se rot) standup, be awate, be above, et. of, rough the atonyie, go ‘down, go toward the darknes, go leftward, decline, fle down, ep, be teiow te The nearest equivalent to thi sves of generative schemes bound together by relations of practal equivalence isthe system of ajecuves (oud ge, ‘hao, ernlriont et J® which are avaiable in French express the ‘imate vases of tart and which ean be applied equally well to = ab or school exercise, 2 play ev paiting, Joke a walk an accent or & wren, tnd soon. is praca taxonomy west efieay thea tht,ns Goneratce heme and prcte lie s= is evidenced by the mumeroun emer rsorded i the desonarin, the ‘Seaning of cach adie, snd of i ceonhip th stony, Specied in ech ease in terme of the logic ofeach of the Beds in which ‘Sepia fod maybe syoonymoum with ce or niet, bt aio wih [rile or ace, or wn with une tnd att, dar (a) sod (39), iGuide depending om whee His apd 4a 0 ‘Maman, he ors ear, # ely ort toe of vie, tnt ot 4 werk ‘tay cacalation oa ft of anger, asd wl aves ay eons {ham iferent sense chau (ot) of sure, Bu so arden orem (nec), snr or caer (ora bln or expres, lain (dae lin or pagan (pgee), cc fos that, cosiered in each of thes {tthe pe of guar which aw pte cone the equipment Senden of ae ne viene pn" gianni freely rich, thir indeetenepreioosing hem to apt o the sme ofthe inde abl: on the one hand, etch woof on ofthese pt {eeny memnagflin elation to a iver of price whieh ier ach time, ssuliy tpl, and vay efit, ruling ot the posi ot ‘ompertaon ith athe’ niece, On tc other band, he meaning wich hte putt ae gicn toa pricey Bld has for harmonica al the messing wich {hey thane, or ny of the couples thar ae imrchangebie wth them {otitis mtr of tances ay he gent ther fs, eo aghly ‘iret cone. ® a Sates ee Ee coonatear a went peat ‘ert nla hid ber th ale wil go buy the whan ~ocaty Soe Ee SSSR eee SS “This plualiy of meanings at once diferent and more or lees closely inganlated ia product of scene coletion. Each of the sigaifcaons “The boy as geomet: comogonie practice Py (oe the produc of scheme, « word for example) anda specif situation ‘Thi why iin no logiimate to apeak of the diferent meanings ofa symbol “eet isbern nnd thatthe snemblng ofthese meaningsinsimaltanety (Grom she tame page of ditonary. in the cve of word) ba cine ‘Stat andar hey never exe smutancouly in practice. Onthe one hand, 1S'Vendrye ped outa word cannot away appear with ll its meanings once, without turning decree nt an endless play on word; onthe other nds i all the meanings word capable of Taking were periecly Independent ofthe baie meaning, no play on Words would ever be posible "Thar tcqualy tre ofthe oymbs of ual Among the forme which a baie Cppostson may tke, there ae always some which function at "mvtcher”, oncetely enabling the rostonsip between the univers of practice fer, for caamley the feltonehip between "behig™ und "inside, which frovdes the peseae frm “behind” to female prosperity, i, fetity- [ae prosperity beng inked £0 "in font” through the intermediary of the tr berwcen “infront the fut, and ight. The objec patho ese entges i sometimes marked out by aaynge which ate the snaogie te EE the wall of dotknest or "woman athe west or"'woman othe toon) Between the dierent series. “The uniercs of meaing corresponding to diferent universes of practice are ar nee self-conttined = hence protected fom logial conta through ‘Sateratnaton sand ebjertoey cootatent with all the eer, ola as ey Uc the loosely ayteate products ofa system of more or les completely Ttepsted generave principles functioning ins tructaraly invariant way in the mon divers eld of praction, Within the fezny" logo approximation which meditely accepts a» equivalents "fat", “dull” and “inepid™, [vourtevlorjudgment terme ofthe French aesthete or taser, of ia the ‘Rabyte eadion, "fll, “eloeed”, "msde", "underneath", which on closer [Ripscion ave perfectly incommensurable, the genertive schemes ar inter ‘hangeable paca; ths why they can only generate products that a SLE fecmacic but are oo by varue of funny syetematey and 20 ippronate loge which cannot withstand the testo einal jetematiason ha ogi critcam* Lacking symbolic matey of the achemes and tele fprodoces schemes which they ar, product which they =the only Way wich agent cam adequately mater the productive aparatos hich ‘habs them to generate corel formed ritual practice Se by making it Sperate* Thin inshat the obwerver likly to forget, beomse he cannot eaptae the loge immanent inthe recorded producto the pparats except I comrucings model whichis predsely the sbattate required when ote Zant have (oro longer hat) amet mastery of the spparson ‘Brey succesfully sosalized agent thas pomens, in thei ncorpratd