In this far-ranging and innovative study Christopher Berry explores the meanings and ramifications of the idea of luxury. Insights from political theory, philosophy and intellectual history are utilized in a sophisticated conceptual analysis that is complemented by a series of specific historical investigations. Dr. Berry suggests that the value attached to luxury is a crucial component in any society’s self-understanding, and shows how luxury has changed from being essentially a negative term, threatening social virtue, to a guileless ploy supporting consumption.
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The Idea of Luxury: A Conceptual and Historical Investigation (Ideas in Context)In this far-ranging and innovative study Christopher Berry explores the meanings and ramifications of the idea of luxury. Insights from political theory, philosophy and intellectual history are utilized in a sophisticated conceptual analysis that is complemented by a series of specific historical investigations. Dr. Berry suggests that the value attached to luxury is [...]
Comfort, Cleanliness and Convenience: The Social Organization of Normality (New Technologies/New Cultures)Over the past few generations, expectations of comfort, cleanliness and convenience have altered radically, but these dramatic changes have largely gone unnoticed. This intriguing book brings together the sociology of consumption and technology to investigate the evolution of these changes, as well the social meaning of the practices themselves.
Homes, offices, domestic appliances and clothes play [...]
This title is about the power of positive thought – and about how negative thinking can wreck lives.Negative thinking is seen as a debilitati ng illness that will slowly kill your spirit – and for some people lead to actual physical disease. Happily though, this is not a doom-filled book at all! The authors show [...]
Vattel’s theory of the international order: Commerce and the balance of power in the Law of Nations [An article from: History of European Ideas]This digital document is a journal article from History of European Ideas, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Description: Vattel’s Law of Nations (1758) claimed that a system of independent states [...]
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