Philosophical perspectives on fashion / edited by Giovanni Matteucci and Stefano Marino.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Matteucci, Giovanni, editor.

Marino, Stefano, 1976- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fashion--Social aspects.

Fashion.

Aesthetics--Social aspects.

Aesthetics.

Fashion--Philosophy.

Clothing and dress--Philosophy.

Clothing and dress.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

viii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Summary:

"Philosophical Perspectives on Fashion places philosophical approaches at the heart of contemporary fashion studies. Considering the mutual relationships between aesthetics, modern society and culture, fashion and the fine arts, and the way these relationships have influenced and shaped our views on identity and taste, this ground-breaking book also explores the various intellectual and cultural movements that inform how people dress. The leading fashion and philosophy scholars contributing to this volume refer to and apply theories posed by key thinkers of the modern and contemporary age, from Darwin and Wittgenstein to Husserl and Goodman, in order to answer questions such as: What is the essence of fashion and the reasons behind its fascination? What is 'anti-fashion'? What or who do we imitate when we 'follow' fashion? What is fashion criticism and what should it be? Anyone studying or interested in fashion or philosophy will find this book a rich source of ideas, insight and information. Philosophical Perspectives on Fashion is a valuable contribution to contemporary fashion theory, one that revitalises the way we look at the form, purpose and meaning of fashion"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Philosophical perspective on fashion / Giovanni Matteucci and Stefano Marino

Philosophical accounts of fashion in the nineteenth and twentieth century: a historical reconstruction / Stefano Marino

Fashion as a conceptual constellation / Giovanni Matteucci

Anti-fashion: if not fashion then what? / Nickolas Pappas

Fits of fashion: the somaesthetics of style / Richard Shusterman

On fashion criticism / Lars Svendsen

Thought without concept: Carol Christian Poell's paradoxical aesthetics / Christian Michel

Caprices of fashion in culture and biology: Charles Darwin's aesthetics of "ornament" / Winfried Menninghaus

Fashionable Proteus: essay on the euphoria of fashion for fashion's sake in an age of shallowness / César Moreno-Márquez

The fascination of contingency: fashion and modern society / Elena Esposito.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781474237475

1474237479

9781474237468

1474237460

OCLC:

951612258