The Roman Empire. Economy, Society and Culture

RELIGION 205

of a specifi c end that requires constant investment by those who possess the required
aptitude. Once the assumptions and point of view of such a champ have been
internalized, it is hardly possible to adopt an external viewpoint – what Bourdieu
terms illusio : the champ constructs its own form of reality more or less in tension
with pre- existing fi elds.