Abstract
In his 40-year quest for a sociology of practice, Pierre Bourdieu developed a panoply of analytical tools which he applied to areas of study as diverse as French academia, Algerian peasant life, education, and art. Throughout his career, he continuously added, revisited, and redefined central analytical concepts.1 Moreover, Bourdieu was insistent, and proved by example, that theory should engage with, and follow from, applied enquiry. Nevertheless, few historical or sociological studies of science have drawn upon his theories.2 This chapter uses the concepts of ‘fields’ and types of ‘capital’ to describe the function of family in Greek scientific life during the nineteenth century.3
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