{"product_id":"a-philosophy-of-luxury-lambert-wiesing-9780367138400","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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367138409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367138400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Lambert Wiesing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112871244031,"sku":"9780367138400","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-philosophy-of-luxury-lambert-wiesing-9780367138400","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}