A Philosophy of Luxury

A Philosophy of Luxury
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 195
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ISBN-10 : 9780429639715
ISBN-13 : 0429639716
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Book Synopsis A Philosophy of Luxury by : Lambert Wiesing

Download or read book A Philosophy of Luxury written by Lambert Wiesing and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-14 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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