Culture, class, and critical theory : between Bourdieu and the Frankfurt school / by David Gartman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gartman, David, 1950-

Series:

Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 78

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002.

Bourdieu, Pierre.

Critical theory.

Culture.

Frankfurt school of sociology.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Culture, Class, and Critical Theory develops a theory of culture that explains how ideas create and legitimate class inequalities in modern society. This theory is developed through a critique and comparison of the powerful ideas on culture offered by Pierre Bourdieu and the Frankfurt School thinkers, especially Theodor Adorno. These ideas are illuminated and criticized through the development of two empirical cases on which Gartman has published extensively, automobile design and architecture. Bourdieu and the Frankfurt School postulate opposite theories of the cultural leg

Contents:

Cover; Culture, Class, and Critical Theory; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Modern Culture as Mass Unity or Ranked Diversity; 2 Reification of Consumer Products: A General History Illustrated by the American Automobile; 3 Culture as Class Symbolization or Mass Reification? A Critique of Bourdieu's Distinction; 4 Three Ages of the Automobile: The Cultural Logics of the Car; 5 Why Modern Architecture Emerged in Europe, Not America: The New Class and the Aesthetics of Technocracy

6 Bourdieu's Theory of Cultural Change: Explication, Application, Critique7 Bourdieu and Adorno: Converging Theories of Culture and Inequality; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-203-08081-5

1-283-84488-5

1-136-16977-6

9780203080818

OCLC:

821175223