Distinction
A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
$42.75
- Paperback
610 pages
- Release Date
12 March 2010
Summary
No judgement if taste is innocent - we are all snobs. First published in 1979, Pierre Bourdieu brilliantly illuminates the social pretentions of the middle classes in the modern world. Focusing the French bourgeoisie – its tastes and preferences – Distinction is at once a vast ethnography of contemporary France and a dissection of the bourgeois mind.
In the course of everyday life, we constantly choose between what we find aesthetically pleasing, and what we consider tacky, m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780415567886 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0415567882 |
| Author: | Pierre Bourdieu, Richard Nice |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 610 |
| Release Date: | 12 March 2010 |
| Weight: | 790g |
| Dimensions: | 43mm x 138mm x 216mm |
| Series: | Routledge Classics |
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Critics Review
‘In this rich and probing guide to the strategies of pretension in contemporary France, Bourdieu describes how class segments separate from each other by their contrasting attitudes towards art and beauty.’ The Observer
‘Full of insights of fundamental importance.’ Tom Gretton, Oxford Art Journal
‘Brilliant insights … richly informative and insightful.’ Barry King, Reviewing Sociology
‘In this rich and probing guide to the strategies of pretension in contemporary France, Bourdieu describes how class segments separate from each other by their contrasting attitudes towards art and beauty.’ - The Observer
Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002) was one of France’s leading sociologists. Champion of the anti-globalization movement, his work spanned a broad range of subjects, from ethnography to art, and education to television.
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