L'Esprit Créateur, vol. 65-1 : "Taste and Democracy in 19th Century French Literature and Thought" (dir. Patrick Bray, Alessandra Aloisi)
Parution revue - Publié le 08 Juillet 2025 par Marc Escola
“Taste and Democracy in 19th Century French Literature and Thought” Special Issue for L’Esprit Créateur Guest Editors: Patrick Bray (UCL) and Alessandra Aloisi (Oxford) While the early-modern period in France was essential in forming the notion of taste as a category of knowledge, contemporary thought has followed Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological critique of taste as predominantly based on social positioning. With the rise of what has been called populism in the West, from Trump to the Gilets ...