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Esmaeeldokht M. The Tendency for Distinction through the Lens of Bourdieu’s Theories and the Formation of Kitsch in Contemporary Iranian Architecture. مکتب نقدنظر 2025; 1 (2) :22-27
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There is a consensus among experts that the form of contemporary Iranian architecture has become disordered and is devoid of the rich culture of traditional architecture, and the result of the aforementioned discontinuity has been the facades of contemporary Iranian cities. Perhaps, in a gradual and process-oriented approach, sociological criticism of public taste and the basis of the formation and tendency of public taste can be the most effective approach from this point of view. In this regard, the current critique draws upon Bourdieu's distinction theory to seek the basic and extensive causes of the desires of the employer and the architect as the main actors in the field of architecture. It also considers them as factors shaping the image of contemporary Iranian cities. The results of the review indicate that employers have attempted to address a tendency for similarity in distinct ways in the upper class with low cultural capital but high economic capital and the middle class with low cultural capital but medium economic capital. Similarly, with the occupation of the architectural field by architects with low cultural capital who need to satisfy the sense of distinction in the mentioned classes, the tendency of public taste in the architectural form has changed. As a result, as time has elapsed, the formation of the image of contemporary cities has experienced discontinuity and chaos.
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Received: 2025/09/6 | Accepted: 2025/09/1 | Published: 2025/09/1
Received: 2025/09/6 | Accepted: 2025/09/1 | Published: 2025/09/1
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