Culture, Class, and Critical Theory: Between Bourdieu and the Frankfurt School

By David Gartman

Book Overview

This volume focuses on developing a theory of culture that reveals how ideas create and legitimize social inequality, using empirical case studies ranging from automobile design to architecture to compare and critique two of the most influential theories of culture in contemporary sociology. It questions to what extent our culture reflects class inequality, and to what extent our culture masks those inequalities through the sameness of unified mass culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138920584
• ISBN13: 9781138920583
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"