What does Bourdieu mean by 'habitus'?

1. AThe culture of increasing consumerisation in post-capitalist societies
2. BThe masses succumbing to material fetishism of different types
3. CA person's bodily and mental dispositions — posture, speech, and habits of perception, classification, appreciation, feeling and action
4. DPersonal habits that do not profoundly affect society

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Correct answer: C. A person's bodily and mental dispositions — posture, speech, and habits of perception, classification, appreciation, feeling and action

Explanation

In Outline of a Theory of Practice (1972) and Distinction (1979), habitus is the system of durable, embodied dispositions instilled by class position, which generates practices and tastes.