One of the few books where fashion is seen as a philosophical category.
One of the few books where fashion appears as a social phenomenon and a philosophical category. According to the French philosopher and sociologist Gilles Lipovetsky, “empty” and “ephemeral” fashion governs our entire society, opposes stability and tradition, supports individualism, strengthens and enhances liberal sentiments. So it was in the New Age, when loose cut replaced the strict corset and heavy folds, and so it is in the modern consumer society: fashion creates a “kaleidoscopic” vision. Lifestyles are becoming more diverse, there are more role models. Acquiring more and more personal freedom and independence, a person at the same time experiences satiety and more often experiences crises in the personal and spiritual spheres. In a word, the work of Gilles Lipovetsky with a rather frivolous title actually turns out to be a book about global and irreversible changes in the sphere of culture, about metamorphoses in a person’s self-perception.
UFO, 336 p.
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