The sociological paradox of chess: the transclass distinction of the game of kings
The article deals with the sociological paradox of chess. On the one hand, this game gives people who belong to its social world a kind of desirable distinction, but on the other hand this distinction is not connected with the class position. In Pierre Bourdieu’s terms, if we treat chess as part of...
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| Language: | English |
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Lodz University Press
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Sociologica |
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| Online Access: | https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/sociologica/article/view/9481 |