Only in imaginary experience (in the folk tale, for example), which neutralizes the sense of social realities, does the social world take the form of a universe of possibles equally possible for any possible subject.
- Pierre Bourdieu
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Male domination is so rooted in our collective unconscious that we no longer even see it.
The function of sociology, as of every science, is to reveal that which is hidden.
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If the sociologist has a role, it is probably more to furnish weapons than to give lessons.
Algeria is what allowed me to accept myself.
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