Crítica a la distinció cultural

Authors

  • Jordi Busquet i Duran

Abstract

This article is a critical reading of the work of Pierre Bourdieu on cultural distinction (La Distinction, 1979). It starts from the premise that the forms of distinctions in each country and in each period of history are extremely different and extraordinarily rich and varied. It must be noted, though, that it is extremely difficult to speak of the phenomenon of distinction in general terms as Bourdieu does. The complexity of the phenomenon does not mean, however, that it is impossible to formulate a general theory about the phenomenon of distinction. The criticism of Bourdieus work permits us to go a bit further and to propose, modestly, an alternative theory on cultural distinction.

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Published

2001-03-22

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