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OverviewIn 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lambert Wiesing , Nancy Ann RothPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.208kg ISBN: 9780367138417ISBN 10: 0367138417 Pages: 172 Publication Date: 28 June 2019 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsForeword to the English edition Introduction Part 1: First play, then war, fear and drugs – and now: luxury 1. Anthropology and the Idea of self-experience 2. Aesthetics and the search for moments of self-experience Part 2: Luxury: The Dadaism of Possession 3. The Judgment of Luxury 4. Luxury: a special aesthetic experience 5. Why Luxury? Bibliography Index.ReviewsLuxury has a bad reputation, built on marble and gold, boutique shopping and penthouse suites. This award-winning book, finally available in English, forces us to rethink all of that. Wiesing separates luxury from vulgar displays of wealth and power. Instead, he shows that it is an important aesthetic experience, available to all of us. Erudite, accessible, and beautifully translated, Luxury promises to become a classic of philosophical aesthetics. - John V. Kulvicki, Dartmouth College, USA Author InformationLambert 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). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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