The schemes of the habitus, the primary forms of classification, owe their specific efficacy to the fact that they function below the level of consciousness and language, beyond the reach of introspective scrutiny or control by the will. Taste is an acquired disposition to ‘differentiate’ and ‘appreciate’, as Kant says - in other words, to establish and mark differences by a process of distinction which is not (or not necessarily) a distinct knowledge, in Leibniz’s sense, since it ensures recognition (in the ordinary sense) of the object without implying knowledge of the distinctive features which define it. 1984, translated by Richard Nice, published by Harvard University Press, 1984, 604pp. A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste. Pierre Bourdieu 1979 Classes and Classifications Classes and Classifications by Pierre Bourdieu
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