1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452693803321

Autore

Flusser Vilém <1920-1991.>

Titolo

The shape of things [[electronic resource] ] : a philosophy of design / / Vilem Flusser ; [translated by Anthony Mathews]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Reaktion, 1999

ISBN

1-78023-236-5

Edizione

[1st English ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MathewsAnthony

Disciplina

745.4/01

Soggetti

Design - Philosophy

Communication in design

Aesthetics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-125) and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910476896103321

Autore

Mohr Ernst <p>Ernst Mohr, Universität St. Gallen, Schweiz </p>

Titolo

The Production of Consumer Society : Cultural-Economic Principles of Distinction / Ernst Mohr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2021

ISBN

9783839457030

3839457033

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Collana

Edition transcript

Disciplina

306.3

Soggetti

Consumption

Aesthetics

Style

Culture

Distinction

Economy

Sociology of Culture

Cultural Theory

Economics

Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Content -- Preface -- Part 1: Culture of Dissimilarity -- Chapter 1. Material -- Chapter 2. Style -- Chapter 3. Distant and Near Vision -- PART 2: THE PRODUCTIVE CONSUMER -- Introduction -- Chapter 4. Inside Culture's Sorting Plant -- Chapter 5. Social Volition and Cultural Prowess -- Chapter 6. Cultural Selection -- Chapter 7. Social Evolution -- PART 3: THE STYLISH PRESENT DAY -- Introduction -- Chapter 8. Cultural Juxtaposition and Stylistic Fertilisation -- Chapter 9. Identity Industry -- Chapter 10. The Added Value of Becoming -- Bibliography -- List of Figures -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

With a novel quality theory of consumption which treats opulence and self-restraint in consumption styles symmetrically, Ernst Mohr shows how social distance and proximity are communicated by consumption



and produced by communication. He positions fringe styles with those of the mainstream in an overall stylistic system of society and analyses their encounters. Rigorously derived, the approach casts fresh light on the cultural and social evolution as well as the business models of the consumer industry. It provides a coherent interdisciplinary access to the aesthetic turn of society that has so far been treated with contradictory paradigms.

Besprochen in:Journal of Economic Literature, 60/1, (2022)