Abstract:
Attention in conceptual coordinates of the theory of political capital, in comparison with other forms of capital, reveals relatively high overlaps and conceptual ambiguities. This casts doubt on the theoretical nature and findings of studies in this field. Accordingly, the present study with a Critical attitude, in a descriptive-explanatory method and based on a historical approach (history of theories), concentrates on this question :What is the evolution and independent theoretical determining of the concept of political capital and its conceptual coordinates? Findings indicate that the coherence of the theory of political capital is mainly due to the necessity of a series of socio-political developments (mainly for or against the capitalist system) and reciprocally theoretical developments (rich analytical capacities of the concept of capital in the American utilitarian and pragmatic socio-political sciences and French Critical), Especially in the last quarter of the twentieth century, especially influenced by the studies of Companions of the capital and especially by Pierre Bourdieu's theoretical innovations, as well as the contending views of late scholars in various fields of political capital (Influenced by three theoretical origins based on social capital, symbolic and total), it has been laid. basically political capital did not exist in a pure form and therefore no single definition can be considered for it. However the Definitive core of this capital can be explained as a metaphor of the accumulation of power with the ultimate goal of political legitimacy.
Machine summary:
The findings indicate that the coherence of the theory of political capital is mainly the result of a series of socio-political transformations (for or against the capitalist system) and theoretical transformations (the analytical capacities of the concept of capital in American utilitarian and pragmatic social-political sciences and French critical sciences), especially in the last quarter of the twentieth century, and is particularly influenced by the studies of capital proponents, foremost among them the theoretical innovations of Bourdieu, and furthermore, the conflict of opinions among late researchers in various scientific fields in the field of 1 * Graduate of Master's degree, Political Science major, University of Mazandaran (Corresponding Author), magidnew@gmail.
The process of conducting the present research is as follows: first, while providing a general introduction to the theory of political capital, it will trace the linguistic and conceptual roots of the theory of capital and political capital in the classic and contemporary works of social and political science thinkers, and then, while focusing on how the theory of political capital evolved, especially in the second half of the twentieth century, on the works of Bourdieu as a turning point in the studies of various forms of capital, and finally, we will undertake the critique and analytical comparison of the transformations and theoretical development of the concept of political capital in the works of capital proponents, the classification and clarification of conceptual boundaries between various readings and analytical approaches, and the correction of potential conceptual misunderstandings of it.
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