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Nojudgementoftasteisinnocent-weareallsnobs.PierreBourdieu’sDistinctionbrilliantlyilluminatesthesocialpretentionsofthemiddleclassesinthemodernworld,focusingonthetastesandpreferencesoftheFrenchbourgeoisie.Firstpublishedin1979,thebookisatonceavastethnographyofcontemporaryFranceandadissectionofthebourgeoismind.Inthecourseofeverydaylifeweconstantlychoosebetweenwhatwefindaestheticallypleasing,andwhatweconsidertacky,merelytrendy,orugly.Tasteisnotpure.Bourdieudemonstratesthatourdifferentaestheticchoicesarealldistinctions-thatis,choicesmadeinoppositiontothosemadebyotherclasses.Thisfascinatingworkarguesthatthesocialworldfunctionssimultaneouslyasasystemofpowerrelationsandasasymbolicsysteminwhichminutedistinctionsoftastebecomethebasisforsocialjudgement.