Distinction (Routledge Classics): A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Distinction (Routledge Classics): A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste Book

Illuminates the social pretentions of the middle classes in the modern world, focusing on the tastes and preferences of the French bourgeoisie. This book argues that the social world functions simultaneously as a system of power relations and as a symbolic system in which minute distinctions of taste become the basis for social judgement.Read More

from£N/A | RRP: £15.99
* Excludes Voucher Code Discount Also available Used from £N/A
  • Foyles

    No judgement of taste is innocent - we are all snobs. Pierre Bourdieu’s Distinction brilliantly illuminates the social pretentions of the middle classes in the modern world, focusing on the tastes and preferences of the French bourgeoisie. First published in 1979, the book 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. Taste is not pure. Bourdieu demonstrates that our different aesthetic choices are all distinctions - that is, choices made in opposition to those made by other classes. This fascinating work argues that the social world functions simultaneously as a system of power relations and as a symbolic system in which minute distinctions of taste become the basis for social judgement.

  • BookDepository

    Distinction : Paperback : Taylor & Francis Ltd : 9780415567886 : 0415567882 : 06 May 2010 : Illuminates the social pretentions of the middle classes in the modern world, focusing on the tastes and preferences of the French bourgeoisie. This book argues that the social world functions simultaneously as a system of power relations and as a symbolic system in which minute distinctions of taste become the basis for social judgement.

  • Pickabook

    Pierre Bourdieu, Richard Nice (Trans)

  • 0415567882
  • 9780415567886
  • Pierre Bourdieu
  • 12 March 2010
  • Routledge
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 688
  • 1
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. If you click through any of the links below and make a purchase we may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Click here to learn more.

Would you like your name to appear with the review?

We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions. All reviews submitted become the licensed property of www.find-book.co.uk as written in our terms and conditions. None of your personal details will be passed on to any other third party.

All form fields are required.