The hero, the mythical subject, is constructed as human being and as male; he is the active principle of culture, the establisher of distinction, the creator of differences.

S. Her (Peircean) "habit" or "habit-change" is often compared to Bourdieu's notion of habitus. K.

She received the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa from the University of Lund in Sweden in 2005. Teresa de Lauretis (born 1938 Bologna) is an Italian-born author and Professor Emerita of the History of Consciousness at the University of California Santa Cruz. She has held Visiting Professorships at universities worldwide including ones in Canada Germany Italy and The Netherlands.