Form of Life a public ethics instrument
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The Twenty-Seven Lenses

3. Sociological

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Goffman · Bourdieu · Giddens · Hochschild

The readings follow the same through-line order used throughout the system, making it possible to compare what this lens changes from one idea to the next.

3. Calibration to the specific other, rather than one imposed register

Bourdieu’s field-fluency across distinct fields.

14. Architecture protects relationships, rather than perception management

Field-architecture as Bourdieu-positional structure.

15. Refusal to be the conversational centre, even where the medium invites it

Bourdieu’s refusal of dominance-display.