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Fetishism and culture : a different theory of modernity / Hartmut Böhme ; translated by Anna Galt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Böhme, Hartmut, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Fetischismus und Kultur. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Fetishism.
- Europe--Civilization.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2014.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Hartmut Böhme's study of fetishism spans all the way from Christian image magic in the Middle Ages to fetishistic practices in fashion, advertising, sport and popular culture today. In it he provides a thorough exploration of religion, magic, idolatry, sexuality and consumption, charting the mental, scientific and artistic processes through which fetishism became a central category in European culture's account of itself.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Translator's Note / Galt, Anna
- Introduction
- I. Now That's Some Thing - An Introduction to the World of Things
- II. Fetishism in Religion and Ethnography
- III. Commodity Fetishism
- IV. Fetishism, Sexuality and Psychoanalysis
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9783110378009
- 3110378000
- 9783110303452
- 3110303450
- OCLC:
- 1044489682
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