Recent Tweets
- @theandrewglover Perhaps tricky to use empirically as meanings simultaneous and overlapping - not to mention hard to observe... 3 weeks ago
- @theandrewglover That's a fun idea. 3 weeks ago
- @Robin_Smale @ManchesterSCI I think there is also room for revolution. 3 weeks ago
- RT @Robin_Smale: Dr. Jo Mylan prefers a reconfiguration perspective on (un)sustainable consumption - nice overview during keynote… https://t.co/XwgQ2u92U5 3 weeks ago
- Freshness more important than carbon footprint or price of juice - Jo Mylan on economists' headaches @theandrewglover #NESS2017 3 weeks ago
- @Robin_Smale :) 3 weeks ago
-
Recent Posts
- Experiments with washing less – Anna’s story
- Stämmer tidskrifter överens med vardagen?
- Solidarity
- Field notes from being human
- Virtual gated communities
- Nice manners not actually nice
- Cock-sure or norm critical?
- The unbearable pointlessness of research
- If you’re not pissed off, you’re not paying attention
- Train ride from Triangeln
Archives
Tag Archives: distinction
Nice manners not actually nice
We are taught since children to have nice manners. To use a knife and fork. To eat with mouths closed; not to talk with food in mouths; to keep elbows off of the table; to wash hands after going to … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged class, distinction, manners, Norbert Elias, oppression, silver service, social niceties, table manners, titanic
Leave a comment
Just when I thought I was starting to get my head around some theories…
…Bourdieu makes sure it doesn’t go to my head… ‘the philosophical sense of distinction is another form of the visceral disgust at vulgarity which defines pure taste as an internalized social relationship, a social relationship made flesh; and a philosophically distinguished … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged beer, Bourdieu, distinction, don't get a fat head, Friday, social theory
Leave a comment