Abstract
This paper empirically applies analytical sociology. We treat cultural activities, such as art museums and novels, as a case to examine whether people consume cultures in an omnivorous way or univorous way. According to DBO theory of analytical sociology, people desire (D) to act with a certain belief (B) under an objective constraint of opportunity (O). So, we hypothesize that people are more likely to be cultural omnivores when they believe that they have freedom to consume cultures and have enough high income. Using SSP 2015 data in Japan, we measure cultural omnivorousness by a geometric mean of high and middle cultures activities (subsample 2,769 respondents). As a result, (1) by the distribution, 52.5 % of them were omnivores. (2) By main effects of education and income in regression analyses, higher status promoted cultural omnivorousness. (3) By interaction effects of subjective freedom and income, coexistence of belief and opportunity promoted cultural omnivorousness. Therefore, cultural activities are not exclusive as Bourdieu argues. Analytical sociology enables us to clearly incorporate roles of belief.
