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OverviewIn Germany, 1969, Eugen Fink's Fashion: Seductive Play was published. This first English language edition, updated with an introduction by Stefano Marino and Giovanni Matteucci, makes available Fink’s philosophical investigation into fashion to an English-speaking audience. One of the greatest figures in the “phenomenological movement,” Fink here investigates fashion at various philosophical levels - aesthetic, ethical, social - and in relationship to other forms of human culture, especially contemporary culture. Although there have been many transformations and changes in the world of fashion since the late 1960s, from prêt-à-porter to fast fashion, fashion’s connection to both high culture and popular culture, and the new relationship between fashion and the advent of social media, Fink’s insights allow wide-ranging and far-reaching inquiries into fashion's philosophical essence. Fink's extraordinary lucidity and his unique conceptual capacities have made his work crucial to the study of the philosophy of fashion today. His work, like that of Simmel’s, Veblen’s or Benjamin’s, is as essential and important now as when it was first published. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Eugen Fink (Late of University of Freiburg, Germany) , Professor or Dr. Stefano Marino (Associate Professor of Aesthetics, University of Bologna, Italy) , Giovanni Matteucci (University of Bologna) , Ian Alexander MoorePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781350200388ISBN 10: 1350200387 Pages: 138 Publication Date: 24 August 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsIntroduction, by Stefano Marino and Giovanni Matteucci …So That the Meaning is Evident (Introduction), by Walter Spengler 1. The Magical Powers of Fashion 2. The Social Phenomenon of Fashion 3. Fashion – The Wish to Be Always Different 4. Appeal and Performance of Fashion 5. Fashion Has Many Faces 6. Leadership or Seduction in Fashion 7. Is Fashion Existentially Justified? Glossary Index of namesReviewsAn important historical document of fashion theory, revealing the deep ambiguities and dialectics that the allegedly superficial phenomenon of fashion shares with our fundamental human condition. * Richard Shusterman, author of Thinking through the Body: Essays in Somaesthetics * Essential reading for anyone interested in recovering the philosophical depth of appearances. This compelling work, beautifully translated alongside a superb new Introduction, is here rediscovered in its first English edition. * Gwen Grewal, The New School, USA * Author InformationEugen Fink (1905-1975) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Stefano Marino is Associate Professor of Aesthetics at the University of Bologna, Italy. Giovanni Matteucci is Full Professor of Aesthetics at the University of Bologna, Italy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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