{"product_id":"luxury-philosophy-hardcover-1","title":"Luxury Philosophy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Armitage\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuxury has been associated with superficiality, consumerism and meaninglessness throughout the history of serious philosophical thought.\u003c\/b\u003eHow could something so obviously about the external possibly be existentially significant or even a profound concept? \u003ci\u003eLuxury Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003ecarves out alternative modes of understanding the luxurious arguing that the negative characterization by 18th- and 19th-century philosophers of luxury as dissatisfaction or as an evil enjoyed by the idle rich gave way in the 20th century and beyond to more positive, even potentially revolutionary, theories of luxury as voluptuousity, squander, uselessness, and abundance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJohn Armitage charts the history of continental theories of luxury which embody a wide variety of disciplines and methods, including philosophy, sociology, and cultural studies, revealing the depth of contemporary critical luxury studies. \u003ci\u003eLuxury Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e provides profound insights for all those interested in the nature, causes, and principles of sumptuous living and surroundings, knowledge of pleasure, or the values of comfort and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Armitage\u003c\/b\u003e is Visiting Professor of Media Arts at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLuxury and Visual Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2020), co-editor, with Joanne Roberts, of \u003ci\u003eThe Third Realm of Luxury: Connecting Real Places and Imaginary Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2020) and \u003ci\u003eCritical Luxury Studies: Art, Design, Media \u003c\/i\u003e(2016). He is also a member of numerous editorial boards of academic journals such as \u003ci\u003eLuxury: History, Culture, Consumption\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLuxury Studies: The In Pursuit of Luxury Journal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47347702300921,"sku":"9781350414839","price":162.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/BFsSSoQS9D9781350414839_9aaee416-7d81-4b4e-bd6d-ac7a292696fa.webp?v=1769764538","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/luxury-philosophy-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}