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This 10 page paper discusses French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's work, and his aesthetical and sociological analysis of art and culture. It then applies Bourdieu's theory to the way in which non-Western art is regarded in the West. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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critique of the judgment of taste. The provocative title gives us a clue as to the subject Bourdieu addresses: the fact that taste is not absolute but a matter of
judgment; and that often, social classes have differing ideas of what is in good taste and what is not. This paper discusses Bourdieus work, and his aesthetical and sociological analysis
of art and culture. It then applies Bourdieus theory to the way in which non-Western art is valued in the West, both aesthetically and monetarily, and considers the thinking of
Immanuel Kant and Jacques Derrida with regard to these issues. Distinction Bourdieus book is based in large part on an extensive survey he carried out in 1963, and in 1967-1968,
in which he had a total of 1,217 subjects (Fenton). In the survey, Bourdieu asked people to list their personal tastes in a wide range of fields, including music, art,
d?cor, literature, theater and so on; further, he asked them to tell him how much they knew about these various fields (Fenton). This approach is unusual as it would seem
to forestall the "I dont know anything about art but I know what I like" response, which is not helpful. Fenton argues that Distinction is a great contribution to the
field of "taste and aesthetics," and among other things, repudiates the idea that there is a "universal transcendent conception of the aesthetic (Fenton). Because Bourdieu examines society by "looking at
economic, cultural, educational and social capital within a unified framework," he achieves a "better understanding of class and status group" and the "Marxist and Weberian categories of social analysis is
achieved" (Fenton). Fenton describes Bourdieus thinking on Kants theory of aesthetics and reports that "Bourdieu argues that Kants criterion of the distinterestedness of the aesthetic gaze is an essentially
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