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Languages : en
Pages : 36
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The History and Philosophy of Luxury
Author: A Philosophy of Luxury
Author: Lambert WiesingPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429639716
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book 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 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.
Luxury
Author: Peter McNeilPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199663246
Category : Affluent consumers
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
The first ever global history of luxury, from Roman villas to Russian oligarchs: a sparkling story of novelty, excess, extravagance, and indulgence through the centuries.
The Idea of Luxury
Author: Christopher J. BerryPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521466912
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
This book analyses the idea of luxury, shows how its evaluative meaning has changed, and explores its role in the determination of social order.
The History of Philosophy
Author: A. C. GraylingPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241980860
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 559
Book Description
AUTHORITATIVE AND ACCESSIBLE, THIS LANDMARK WORK IS THE FIRST SINGLE-VOLUME HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY SHARED FOR DECADES 'A cerebrally enjoyable survey, written with great clarity and touches of wit' Sunday Times The story of philosophy is an epic tale: an exploration of the ideas, views and teachings of some of the most creative minds known to humanity. But there has been no comprehensive history of this great intellectual journey since 1945. Intelligible for students and eye-opening for philosophy readers, A. C. Grayling covers with characteristic clarity and elegance subjects like epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, logic, and the philosophy of mind, as well as the history of debates in these areas, through the ideas of celebrated philosophers as well as less well-known influential thinkers. The History of Philosophy takes the reader on a journey from the age of the Buddha, Confucius and Socrates. Through Christianity's dominance of the European mind to the Renaissance and Enlightenment. On to Mill, Nietzsche, Sartre, then the philosophical traditions of India, China and the Persian-Arabic world. And finally, into philosophy today.
The Philosophy of Art History (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Arnold HauserPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134889860
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
First published in 1959, this book is concerned with the methodology of art history, and so with questions about historical thinking; it enquires what scientific history of art can accomplish, what are its mean and limitations? It contains philosophical reflections on history and begins with chapters on the scope and limitations of a sociology of art, and the concept of ideology in the history of art. The chapter on the concept of "art history without names" occupies the central position in the book — thoroughly discussing the basic philosophical outlook for the whole work. There are also further chapters on psychoanalysis, folk art and popular art. The chapter on the role of convention in the history of art points the way for further study.
A Short History of Philosophy
Author: Robert C. SolomonPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195101966
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Provides a brief history of Western philosophy and philosophers, and provides information on Eastern philosophy and philosophers in such areas as Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and Jainism.
Luxury in the Eighteenth Century
Author: M. BergPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230508278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
'Luxury in the 18th Century' explores the political, economic, moral and intellectual effects of the production and consumption of luxury goods, and provides a broadly-based account from a variety of perspectives, addressing key themes of economic debate, material culture, the principles of art and taste, luxury as 'female vice' and the exotic.
Modern Philosophy
Author: Brian Duignan Senior Editor, Religion and PhilosophyPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1615301453
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Presents the history of modern philosophy and includes profiles of notable philosophers, discussing the writings of the Renaissance, Rationalism, Enlightenment, and Empiricism.
History of Philosophy
Author: William TurnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anselmo de Canterbury, Santo
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
"The purpose of the writer in compiling this text-book has been so to set forth the succession of schools and systems of philosophy as to accord to Scholasticism a presentation in some degree adequate to its importance in the history of speculative thought"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).