what is a symbolic conflict
In short, a characteristic of symbolic conflict is that it takes the form of a zero-sum game in which ratios and not quantities of symbolic capital are at issue, and in which any gain to one group or actor can only be made at the expense of some other or others (cf. Bourdieu 1990: 121).n fact, a case could be made for considering them as the 'same' ritual and the conflict as a proprietary contest, a struggle for the control of this shared cultural object (see Harrison 1992). But, again, the Eucharist is best regarded as a class or family of symbolic objects having both resemblances and differences.