The sociology of elite distinction: from theoretical to comparative perspectives

This major contribution to the study of consumption is the definitive book onelite distinction. Exploring how elite groups express and display their senseof authority through material and aesthetic attributes, the book argues that differences between societies, and across historical periods, challenge current understandings of elite distinction. JEAN-PASCAL DALOZ Research Professor at the University of Strasbourg (CNRS/GSPE), France, and Senior Associate Member of the Maison Française and of theDepartment of Politics at the University of Oxford, UK. He is also President of the Research Committee on Comparative Sociology of the International Sociological Association. He has published 12 books to date, including the bestselling 'Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument' (co-authored). INDICE: Introduction - PART I: SOCIAL THEORY AND ELITE DISTINCTION - Classical Approaches to Social Emulation and Distinction - Major Subsequent Contributions - Grand Theories: Limits and Merits - PART II: KEY MANIFESTATIONS - External Signs of Superiority - Embodied Signs of Superiority - Vicarious Display- PART III: VARIABILITY - The Historicity of Elite Distinction: Selected Themes - Tradition, Fashion, Borrowing, Syncretism - Beyond Reductionism - Conclusion - Postscript -

• ISBN: 978-1-137-00365-2
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 232
• Fecha Publicación: 16/03/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés