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Distinction : a social critique of the judgement of taste /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1984.
Subjects:
France > Civilization > 1945-
Aesthetics, French.
Social classes > France.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • The aristocracy of culture
  • The social space and its transformations
  • The sense of distinction
  • Cultural goodwill
  • The choice of the necessary
  • Culture and politics
  • Conclusion: classes and classifications
  • Postscript: towards a 'vulgar' critique of 'pure' critiques
  • Appendices: 1. Some reflections on the method
  • 2. Complementary sources
  • 3. Statistical data
  • 4. Associations: a parlour game.
  • A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
  • The Aristocracy of Culture
  • The Titles of Cultural Nobility
  • Cultural Pedigree
  • The Economy of Practices
  • The Social Space and Its Transformations
  • Class Condition and Social Conditioning
  • A Three-Dimensional Space
  • Reconversion Strategies
  • The Habitus and the Space of Life-Styles
  • The Homology between the Spaces
  • The Universes of Stylistic Possibles
  • The Dynamics of the Fields
  • The Correspondence between Goods Production and Taste Production
  • Symbolic Struggles
  • Class Tastes and Life-Styles
  • The Sense of Distinction
  • The Modes of Appropriation of the Work of Art
  • The Variants of the Dominant Taste
  • The Mark of Time
  • Temporal and Spiritual Powers
  • Cultural Goodwill
  • Knowledge and Recognition
  • Education and the Autodidact
  • Slope and Thrust
  • The Variants of Petit-Bourgeois Taste
  • The Declining Petite Bourgeoisie
  • The Executant Petite Bourgeoisie
  • The New Petite Bourgeoisie
  • From Duty to the Fun Ethic
  • The Choice of the Necessary
  • The Taste for Necessity and the Principle of Conformity
  • The Effects of Domination
  • Culture and Politics
  • Selective Democracy
  • Status and Competence
  • The Right to Speak
  • Personal Opinion
  • The Modes of Production of Opinion
  • Dispossession and Misappropriation
  • Moral Order and Political Order
  • Class Habitus and Political Opinions
  • Supply and Demand
  • The Political Space
  • The Specific Effect of Trajectory
  • Political Language
  • Conclusion: Classes and Classifications.