Some comments on Bourdieu

From WikEd

Bourdieu privileges structure over agency; the habitus is essentially a form of structural determinism. It seems to me that this isn't necessarily the case for all societies; some are strongly structural, while others offer much more scope for agency. It is suggestive that most of the societies Bourdieu discusses are relatively static, in which the social structure and cultural artifacts don't change very fast. What happens to the habitus in a society that's in a constant state of revolution?

He cites Leibniz repeatedly, leading me to believe that he's aiming for something like the doctrine of pre-established harmony in Leibniz's theory of monads, with the habitus playing the role of God. :-)

While looking into some other resources on Bourdieu, I ran across references to Anthony Giddens. I have not read his work, but he reportedly steers a middle course between agency and structure. I would be interested in learning more about his theories.