Abstract
In the 1960’s, Pierre Bourdieu tries to
develop a sociology of perception. At this time, he is then influenced by
neo-kantian and analytic philosophers who claim that perception is not a pure
given, but always implies conceptuality. He then claims for a symbolic
definition of perception as an operation of “decoding”. In the 1990’s, however,
influenced by Michael Baxandall’s theory of a “period eye”, Bourdieu turns to a
non-symbolic definition of perception, based on the concept of “schemes of
perception”. This article tries to underline both the interests and the limits
of this concept. We finally claim for a four-dimensional theory of perception
{categorization – attention – sensorimotor anticipations – sense of reality},
compatible with both Bourdieu’s intuitions and contemporary psychological data.
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