{"product_id":"a-philosophy-of-luxury-9780367138417","title":"A Philosophy of Luxury","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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, \u003ci\u003eA Philosophy of Luxury \u003c\/i\u003ewill be of great interest to those in philosophy, art, cultural studies and literature as well as sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambert Wiesing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367138417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLambert Wiesing\u003c\/strong\u003e is Chair of Image Theory and Phenomenology at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany. His books include \u003ci\u003eArtificial Presence: Philosophical Studies in Image Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Perception: Phenomenology and Image Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45108136345715,"sku":"9780367138417","price":56.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_38fb662e-02fc-4cf9-afdb-374a5e31dd28.jpg?v=1781611556","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-philosophy-of-luxury-9780367138417","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}