Abstract
This paper offers a reconstruction of the practical logic on which the process of 'ethical rationalization of everyday life' is based, presenting a Weberian category which has remained in the shadows: the category 'habitus'. Ethical rationalization is consequential and systemic action that transforms the world (everydayness) motivated by a transcendent value core (extra-everydayness). Instead of simply being an obligation, the core value is imposed from without, energizing 'from within' the actions in the world (everydayness) due to its embodiment into a specific this-worldly 'habitus', interpreted as 'certitudo salutis' (extra-everydayness). Thus the ethical rationalization of everyday life is seen as presupposing an incessant tension but also continuous interplay (rather than a rigid differentiation) between the everyday and the extra-everyday in the habitus, as developed by the participants. Ethical rationalization is also discussed as an intersection between Bourdieu's and Weber's notion of habitus, and this eventually reveals a deep-seated discrepancy between the theoretical sensibilities of both thinkers.
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