Culture, Class, and Critical Theory

Name: Culture, Class, and Critical Theory
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Culture, Class, and Critical TheoryBetween Bourdieu and the Frankfurt School\nAuthor(s): David Gartman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138920583, 978-1138920583\nSynopsis\nCulture, 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.\n\nBourdieu and the Frankfurt School postulate opposite theories of the cultural legitimation of class inequalities. Bourdieu argues that the culture of modern society is a class culture, a ranked diversity of beliefs and tastes corresponding to differ.