Administração pública, cultura e poder simbólico: diálogos com Pierre Bourdieu e o caso da Lei Paulo Gustavo julgado pelo STF

The article investigates the theme of culture and the functioning of the State Administrative Field, based on the Paulo Gustavo Law Case, judged by the Federal Supreme Court. The discussion resides in the understanding adopted regarding the unconstitutionality of the Provisional Measure issued by the Government in 2022, modifying the federal public policy to aid the cultural sector, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research is still relevant for enabling reflections on the centrality of culture in the Democratic State of Law and the dynamics of the State's Field of Power. The methodology used was bibliographical research, with a case study. After describing the trial carried out by the STF, the theoretical bases on culture are explained, articulating such knowledge with the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu. The result of the investigation is to enable better reflection on the processes of domination and cultural symbolic violence, in addition to the need to understand culture as a condition for the possibility of meaning in the social world.