Brian Wilcox

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This clear relation between taste worlds and social position makes taste a very useful classifier in status appraisals. But if we return to Kant’s definition—the faculty of estimating the beautiful—taste also involves skill. To have good taste means making better choices than others.
Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
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