“Taste” is arguably: a reflection about the accumulation of symbolic goods
In this expansive work, established through questionnaires in the period of 1963-1968, Bourdieu investigates the acquisition of symbolic capital and the implications of taste based on social class. According the thought of Bourdieu, the social world functions simultaneously as a system of power rela...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2008-12-01
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| Series: | Matrizes |
| Online Access: | http://www.revistas.usp.br/matrizes/article/view/38219 |
| Summary: | In this expansive work, established through questionnaires in the period of 1963-1968, Bourdieu investigates the acquisition of symbolic capital and the implications of taste based on social class. According the thought of Bourdieu, 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 judgment. The different aesthetic choices people make are all distinctions – choices are made in opposition to those made by other classes. So, taste is not pure and no judgment of taste is innocent. Written in 1979, The Distinction is a major contribution to current debates on the theory of culture and a challenge to the major theoretical schools in contemporary sociology. |
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| ISSN: | 1982-2073 1982-8160 |