TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berry, Christopher J.,
TI  - The idea of luxury
SN  - 9780521466912
PY  - 1994///
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - INDUSTRIAL & SERVICES SECTOR
KW  - Luxury
KW  -  Consumption
KW  - Luxury goods industry
KW  -  History
KW  -  Wealth Classical period
KW  -  Modernity and politics
KW  - Trends
KW  -  Social identity
N1  - a conceptual and historical investigation
N2  - In this far-ranging and innovative study Christopher Berry explores the meanings and ramifications of the idea of luxury. Insights from political theory, philosophy and intellectual history are utilized in a sophisticated conceptual analysis that is complemented by a series of specific historical investigations. Dr. Berry suggests that the value attached to luxury is a crucial component in any society's self-understanding, and shows how luxury has changed from being essentially a negative term, threatening social virtue, to a guileless ploy supporting consumption. ;
ER  -