What did Bourdieu argue in his best-known book?
Judgments of Taste are Related to Social Position
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Answer
Pierre Bourdieu argued in his best-known book, Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste, that judgments of taste are related to social position. He argued that people from different social classes have different tastes in art, music, and other cultural products, and that these tastes are a way of expressing and reinforcing their social status.
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