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Tony Benett

    Distinction : a social critique of the judgement of taste
    • In 'Distinction', Pierre Bourdieu brilliantly illuminates the social pretentions of the middle classes in the modern world. Focusing on the French bourgeoisie - its tastes and preferences - 'Distinction' is at once a vast ethnography of contemporary France and a dissection of the bourgeois mind.

      Distinction : a social critique of the judgement of taste