By Philippe Coulangeon, Julien Duval
This edited assortment explores the genesis of Bourdieu's classical ebook Distinction and its overseas profession in modern Social Sciences. It contains contributions from modern sociologists from diversified nations who query the theoretical legacy of this ebook in a variety of fields and nationwide contexts. Invited authors assessment and exemplify present controversies about the theses promoted in Distinction in the sociology of tradition, life, social sessions and stratification, with a particular consciousness devoted to the rising kinds of cultural capital and the logics of contrast that ensue with regards to fabric intake or physically practices. additionally they empirically illustrate the theoretical contribution of Distinction in relation with such notions as field or habitus, which fruitfulness is emphasised in relation with a few methodological options of the e-book. during this admire, a distinct concentration is wear the rising circulation of "distinction experiences" and at the possibilities provided by means of the geometrical info research of social spaces.
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