SOCIOL 2R03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Thorstein Veblen, Pierre Bourdieu, Petite Bourgeoisie
8 May 2016
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Pierre bourdieu (1979), distinction: a social critique of the judgement of taste. The two-income trap: why middle-class mothers and fathers are going broke by elizabeth and amelia warren-tyagi (2003) Thorstein veblen (1899) the theory of the leisure class. Distinction: a social critique of the judgment of taste (bourdieu, 1979) Tastes preferences of individuals in different social classes. How cultivated disposition and cultural competence are revealed through the consumption of good (1979: 13) The working class aesthetic is a dominant aesthetic, constantly at the bottom. The people at the top don"t want to be compared to those at the bottom. We all like the same things, hang in the same circles, but it also distinguishes us from people outside our group. The petty bourgeoisie are in a constant struggle to define and distinguish themselves from people at the bottom. If they lack the key ingredient (education) from pulling off the ability to work within the class above them.
