A Continental Philosophy of Luxury
Perfume, Superyachts and Videogames
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Product details:
- Publisher Edinburgh University Press
- Date of Publication 31 May 2026
- ISBN 9781399541657
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages200 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Language English 700
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Short description:
Offers a historically informed analysis of modern and contemporary responses to luxury.
MoreLong description:
John Armitage shows how the ideas and theories of continental philosophers Nietzsche, Heidegger, Levinas, Bataille, Gadamer and Adorno, play an important role in the understanding of luxury practices, revealing the actual and potential extent of modern and contemporary critical luxury studies.
Discussing contemporary case studies representing luxury including the longing for luxury perfume, the transgression of superyachts and the consumer experience of videogames, Armitage raises challenging questions about the contemporary world of luxury and delineates the continental philosophy of luxury.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
1. A Continental Philosophy of Luxury: An Introduction
2. On the Concept of a Continental Philosophy of Luxury
3. Longing for Luxury Perfume: A Nietzschean Interpretation
4. Heidegger and the World of Sustainable Luxury: On the Earth in Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Equals Pi
5. Luxurious Escape with Levinas: Superyachts as Getaway Vehicles
6. The Pursuit of Luxury as an Act of Transgression: Bataille, Sovereignty, Desire
7. What Is a Luxury Experience? Gadamer and Luxury Fashion Branded Videogames
8. Adorno’s Critical Theory and the Singular Instant of Luxury: On Contemporary Conceptions of Luxury Consumer Experience
9. Conclusion: Continental Philosophy of Luxury: Future Possibilities
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