Description
| Product ID: | 9780367138417 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A Philosophy of Luxury |
| Authors: | Author: Lambert Wiesing, Nancy Ann Roth |
| Page Count: | 172 |
| Subjects: | Theory of art, Theory of art, Philosophy: aesthetics, Ethics and moral philosophy, Cultural studies, Philosophy: aesthetics, Ethics & moral philosophy, Cultural studies |
| Description: | What is luxury? Is someone who finds luxury normal experiencing luxury? Luxury has received remarkably little sustained philosophical examination. This thought-provoking book explores these questions and more. It will be of interest to those in aesthetics, art, cultural studies, literature, and sociology. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-06-28 |