Culture, class, and critical theory

Gartman, David, 1950-

Culture, class, and critical theory between Bourdieu and the Frankfurt school / [electronic resource] : David Gartman. - New York : Routledge, 2013. - xii, 179 p. - Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 78 . - Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 78. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-174) and index.

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, critique -- 7. Bourdieu and Adorno : converging theories of culture and inequality.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9780203080818 (e-book : PDF)


Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002.


Critical theory.
Culture.
Frankfurt school of sociology.
Sociology.


Electronic books.