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- catalog abstract ""In a book full of playful irony and striking insights, the controversial social philosopher Gilles Lipovetsky draws on the history of fashion to demonstrate that the modern cult of appearance and superficiality actually serves the common good. Focusing on clothing, bodily deportment, sex roles, sexual practices, and political rhetoric as forms of "fashion," Lipovetsky bounds across two thousand years of history, showing how the evolution of fashion from an upper-class privilege into a vehicle of popular expression closely follows the rise of democratic values. Whereas Tocqueville feared that mass culture would create passive citizens incapable of political reasoning, Lipovetsky argues that today's mass-produced fashion offers many choices, which in turn enable consumers to become complex individuals within a consolidated, democratically educated society." "Superficiality fosters tolerance among different groups within a society, claims Lipovetsky. To analyze fashion's role in smoothing over social conflict, he abandons class analysis in favor of an inquiry into the symbolism of everyday life and the creation of ephemeral desire. Lipovetsky examines the malaise experienced by people who, because they can fulfill so many desires, lose their sense of identity. His conclusions raise disturbing questions about personal joy and anguish in modern democracy."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog alternative "Empire de l'éphémère. English".
- catalog contributor b6492883.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description ""In a book full of playful irony and striking insights, the controversial social philosopher Gilles Lipovetsky draws on the history of fashion to demonstrate that the modern cult of appearance and superficiality actually serves the common good. Focusing on clothing, bodily deportment, sex roles, sexual practices, and political rhetoric as forms of "fashion," Lipovetsky bounds across two thousand years of history, showing how the evolution of fashion from an upper-class privilege into a vehicle of popular expression closely follows the rise of democratic values. Whereas Tocqueville feared that mass culture would create passive citizens incapable of political reasoning, Lipovetsky argues that today's mass-produced fashion offers many choices, which in turn enable consumers to become complex individuals within a consolidated, democratically educated society." "Superficiality fosters tolerance among different groups within a society, claims Lipovetsky. To analyze fashion's role in smoothing over social conflict, he abandons class analysis in favor of an inquiry into the symbolism of everyday life and the creation of ephemeral desire. Lipovetsky examines the malaise experienced by people who, because they can fulfill so many desires, lose their sense of identity. His conclusions raise disturbing questions about personal joy and anguish in modern democracy."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Richard Sennett -- The Enchantment of Appearances -- Fashion and the West: The Aristocratic Moment -- A Century of Fashion -- Open Fashion -- Consummate Fashion -- The Seduction of Things -- Advertising on the Offensive -- Culture, Media Style -- Meaning Carries On -- The Progressive Shifting of the Social.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-270) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 276 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0691033730 (alk. paper) :".
- catalog isPartOf "New French thought".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog subject "391/.009/04 20".
- catalog subject "Clothing and dress History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Costume History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Fashion 20th century History.".
- catalog subject "Fashion History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "GT596 .L5713 1994".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Richard Sennett -- The Enchantment of Appearances -- Fashion and the West: The Aristocratic Moment -- A Century of Fashion -- Open Fashion -- Consummate Fashion -- The Seduction of Things -- Advertising on the Offensive -- Culture, Media Style -- Meaning Carries On -- The Progressive Shifting of the Social.".
- catalog title "Empire de l'éphémère. English".
- catalog title "The empire of fashion : dressing modern democracy / Gilles Lipovetsky ; translated by Catherine Porter ; with a foreword by Richard Sennett.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".