Rethinking Social Distinction [electronic resource] /
Daloz, J.author.
The analysis of social distinction cannot indefinitely remain confined to logics of reasoning that are markedly ethnocentric. Rather than just applying the consecrated schemes of Veblen or Bourdieu, Daloz provides new foundations in this book for understanding 21st Century Dubai, China, Russia and settings of the past.
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""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations                            ""; ""Preface              ""; ""Acknowledgements                       ""; ""Introductory Chapter: From Sources of Dissatisfaction to Constructive Propositions                                                                                         ""; ""The enduring problem of dogmatic assumptions and deductive reasoning                                                                           ""
""Navigating the twin perils of ethnocentrism and reductionism                                                                   """"2 On Ostentation and Understatement                                          ""; ""Interpreting conspicuousness                                   ""; ""Dimensions of â€?unconspicuousnessâ€?                                        ""; ""3 Exploring Socio-Political Aspects                                          ""; ""Expressions of communal distinction                                          ""
""Group representation and distinction                                           """"4 Reference Models in the Eye of the Comparativist                                                         ""; ""Top-down perspectives                            ""; ""Intra-elite perspectives                               ""; ""Bottom-up perspectives                             ""; ""5 From Symbolic Consistency to Synecdochic Strategies                                                            ""; ""Distinction as consistency                                 ""
""Distinction as synecdoche: beyond the question of pretension                                                                   """"6 Utilitarian Dimensions â€? Symbolic Dimensions                                                     ""; ""Is social distinction all-pervading?                                           ""; ""Elitist hindrances versus comfort                                        ""; ""7 â€?Distinction through Tasteâ€? Revisited                                              ""
""Beyond the usual debates on cultural consumption                                                       """"In defence of an open analytical framework                                                 ""; ""8 Strategic or Unconscious Grounds?                                          ""; ""Distinction as (un)intentional                                     ""; ""Social groups as producers and prisoners of meaning                                                          ""; ""Notes            ""; ""Works Cited                  ""; ""Name Index                 ""
""Subject Index                    ""
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The analysis of social distinction cannot indefinitely remain confined to logics of reasoning that are markedly ethnocentric. Rather than just applying the consecrated schemes of Veblen or Bourdieu, Daloz provides new foundations in this book for understanding 21st Century Dubai, China, Russia and settings of the past.
Anthropology.
Ethnology.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Social history.
Culture.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology.
Social Theory.
Social History.
Sociology of Culture.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.