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No judgement of taste is innocent. In a word, we are all snobs. Pierre Bourdieu brilliantly illuminates this situation of the middle class in the modern world. France's leading sociologist focusses here on the French bourgeoisie, its tastes and preferences. Distinction is at once a vast... read more
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Table of Contents edit
Preface to the English-Language Edition
Introduction
Part 1: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
1. The Aristocracy of Culture Part
2: The Economy of Practices
2. The Social Space and its Transformations
3. The Habitus and the Space of Life-Styles
4. The Dynamics of Fields Part 3: Class Tastes and Life-Styles
5. The Sense of Distinction
6. Cultural Good Will
7. The Choice of the Necessary
8. Culture and Politics Conclusion: Classes and Classifications
Postscript: Towards a ‘Vulgar’ Critique of ‘Pure’ Critiques
Appendices
Notes
Credits
Index
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Routledge Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Pierre Bourdieu (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Tony Bennett
- Richard Nice (Translator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Country: UK
Publication Date: 11th March 2010
ISBN: 9780415567886
Page Count: 610
Publisher: Routledge
Country: UK
Publication Date: 11th March 2010
ISBN: 9780415567886
Page Count: 610
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 306.0944
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology › Social Theory
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Anthropology › Cultural
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology › Culture
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Aesthetics
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