{"product_id":"a-sociology-of-culture-taste-s-stewart-9781137377074","title":"A Sociology of Culture, Taste and Value","description":"This book explores sociological debates in relation to culture, taste and value. It examines the tensions between formal and substantive rationality; between courses of action which are instrumentally rational and those which are formulated with\u003cbr\u003eparticular cultural values in mind; between impersonal forces and creative impulses; between the logic of profit and the ambiguity of aesthetics; between a tendency to like what we are trained to like and affective or contrarian impulses. Simon Stewart\u003cbr\u003eargues that sociology can contribute to debates about aesthetic value and to an understanding of how people evaluate and seeks to contribute to alternative approaches that draw attention to \u003cem\u003eother values\u003c\/em\u003e and to \u003cem\u003eother ways of valuing\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. Stewart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1137377070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781137377074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"S. Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44321349009663,"sku":"9781137377074","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1fabc1ff-0cbd-4cef-928e-a8d2a05bfe8d.jpg?v=1696330431","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-sociology-of-culture-taste-s-stewart-9781137377074","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}