A Philosophy of Luxury

Wiesing, Lambert

ISBN 10: 0367138417 / ISBN 13: 9780367138417

Editore: Routledge, 2019

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Riassunto:

In this thought-provoking book Lambert Wiesing asks simply: What is luxury? Drawing on a fascinating range of examples, he argues that luxury is an aesthetic experience. Unlike experience gained via the senses, such as seeing, hearing or tasting, he argues that luxury is achieved by possessing something – an aspect of philosophy that has been largely neglected. As such, luxury becomes a gesture of individual defiance and a refusal to conform to social expectations of restraint. An increasingly rational and goal-oriented ethos in society makes the appeal of luxury grow even stronger.

Drawing on the ideas of philosophers such as Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Schiller, Martin Heidegger and the novelist Ernst Jünger, as well as sociologists such as Thorstein Veblen and Theodor Adorno, A Philosophy of Luxury will be of great interest to those in philosophy, art, cultural studies and literature as well as sociology.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Lambert Wiesing is Chair of Image Theory and Phenomenology at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany. His books include Artificial Presence: Philosophical Studies in Image Theory (2009), and The Philosophy of Perception: Phenomenology and Image Theory (2014).

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Titolo: A Philosophy of Luxury
Casa editrice: Routledge
Data di pubblicazione: 2019
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Brand New