| A Philosophy of Luxury Contributor(s): Wiesing, Lambert (Author), Roth, Nancy Ann (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0367138409 ISBN-13: 9780367138400 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 128.4 |
| LCCN: 2019004473 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 7.7" (0.65 lbs) 172 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 J nger, 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. |