Luxury [ Taste & Manners ]
… its merits for the community and its positive impact on employment and free trade. Concepts > Taste & Manners Mots-clés Art Commodities Community Consumption Furniture Luxury Porcelain Shopping Tea-table Women The rise of consumer goods and … also to display it as evidence of their status. While philosophers, historians, and literati , from Plato to Werner Sombart, have mused about luxury for over 2,000 years, its meanings have varied greatly, as have the judgements passed on it. … too, defends luxury and links it to commerce, albeit in a less provocative manner. His essay ‘Of Refinement in the Arts’ (1752) distinguishes between an ‘innocent’ and ‘blameable’ luxury; but mostly it emphasizes the advantages of …
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