Little known among non-specialists despite its impact in symbolic dimension, Bourdien theory, of which essence one would find crystallized in this voluminous book, if read with patience, never appear as a negligible social thought, for those who have ever compared themselves with others, in respect of the ability to understand, taste, and evaluate culture and something cultural, whether with superior or inferior complex. What is important is that the feeling of superiority, or sense of distinction, which a person has especially on determining his/her attitude to anything cultural, is not merely a product of personal history but rather an embodiment of the social history-if expressed in a little Marxian manner, history struggled over years among classes. This feeling of distinction works two ways. On one hand, it reinforces legitimacy of capability of tasting culture, and legitimacy of those having the capability. On the other hand, the feeling of distinction, ironically reinforces the isolated belief of one who believes he/she is “the only one who know goodness of things he/she believes to be good” and who is, in fact, original only because he/she couldn’t have noting inherited from the past history of accumulating cultural activity of the human society. In short, children or pupils of culturally wealthy class act in accordance with their belief, acquiring more cultural ability and therefore chances to succeed in the society, while those having nothing cultural due to their nature and nurture act believing they are "only ones", losing chance to access the culture thereby. This is the truth Bourdieu depicts, which might be ridiculous for those believe in egalitarianism of modern societies. However, one who have read the book cannot neglect the theory, whether from hatred or from surprise. People have no way to avoid thinking about the truth submitted by this book to the court of the reality.

人々のTasteは何によって決まるのかを主題が主題です。
最初読んだ時には、単純に階級によってTasteが決まると考えていると思ったのですが、読み返すうちに、そう単純ではないと言うことが分かってきました。
英語はなかなか難解ですが

中身は何度読んでも新しい発見がある本だと思います。