Distinction

A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste

By:

Pierre Bourdieu

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Routledge Classics

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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, merely trendy, or ugly. Bourdieu demonstrates that our aesthetic choices are distinctions -- that is, choices made in opposition to those made by other classes. There is no pure aesthetics, no judgement of taste untainted by the power relations within which minute distinctions become the basis for social judgement.

Author Biography:

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.

Release date Australia

March 12th, 2010

Author

Pierre Bourdieu

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Contributor

Translated by Richard Nice

Pages

610

Series

Routledge Classics

Dimensions

138x216x33

ISBN-13

9780415567886

Product ID

3830552

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