Symbolic Power, Politics, and IntellectualsPower is the central organizing principle of all social life, from culture and education to stratification and taste. And there is no more prominent name in the analysis of power than that of noted sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. Throughout his career, Bourdieu challenged the commonly held view that symbolic powerthe power to dominateis solely symbolic. He emphasized that symbolic power helps create and maintain social hierarchies, which form the very