1. Choose one of the following concepts from Chapter 9 in your textbook:
Habitus
Fields
Cultural capital
Symbolic capital
Symbolic violence
Define the concept clearly and accurately, and explain how the concept fits into Bourdieu’s social theory. Come up with your own example to

illustrate the concept.

2. Explain EACH of the following concepts of Habermas:
Lifeworld
System
Rationalization of the lifeworld
Colonization of the lifeworld
The public sphere
Ideal speech situation
Explain how all of these concepts are interrelated in Habermas’s theory. In your textbook, the textbook authors state: "One of the more

controversial elements of Habermas’s theory is his enduring faith in the power of reason and critical reflection to rescue humanity from systems

of domination and oppression." As you explain the interrelationship of the concepts, your main objective should be to elaborate on this

statement (i.e., by explaining the basis of Habermas’s faith in the power of reason to rescue humanity from systems of domination and

oppression."

3. Each of the chapters in your textbook concludes with 5 discussion questions. Demonstrate your mastery of the material in one of the chapters

by responding to two of the discussion questions listed at the end of your selected chapter. As a guideline, you will likely need to write at

least 200 words in response to each of the five questions.

4.Compare and contrast any two theorists or theoretical perspectives we have covered in this course. Discuss both commonalities and differences.