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

by David Gartman

Book Overview

Culture, Class, and Critical Theory develops a theory of culture that explains how ideas create and legitimate class inequalities in modern society. This theory is developed through a critique and comparison of the powerful ideas on culture offered by Pierre Bourdieu and the Frankfurt School thinkers, especially Theodor Adorno. These ideas are illuminated and criticized through the development of two empirical cases on which Gartman has published...

• 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"