A pioneering book that takes us beyond economic debate to show how inequality is
returning us to a past dominated by empires, dynastic elites, and ethnic divisions. The …

We commonly think of society as made of and by humans, but with the proliferation of
machine learning and AI technologies, this is clearly no longer the case. Billions of …

The aim of this paper is to address the dynamics of contemporary cultural capital by
interrogating what counts for young people as valuable cultural resources. Considerable …

Why is classical music predominantly the preserve of the white middle classes?
Contemporary associations between classical music and social class remain …

In this article, we address whether and how contemporary social classes are marked by
distinct lifestyles. We assess the model of the social space, a novel approach to class …

Information overload is something that humans have dealt with for millennia. During different
historical eras, massive increases in what was available to know has motivated the creation …

In this article we demonstrate how upper-middle-class respondents in Norway and the UK
draw strong symbolic boundaries based on cultural taste and lifestyle. However, we also find …

Recent research argues that digital platforms contribute to the long-lasting erosion of genre
boundaries and established cultural classifications in the “heads and habits” of art …

I've been saying that Tarell and I are that kid in the film, and that kid does not grow up to
make a piece of art that gets eight Academy Award nominations. It'sa dream I never allowed …

This essay examines how the contemporary city is being redefined as a fundamental
crucible in which new and emerging modes of cultural capital are being forged. Drawing …