The Dialectic of Taste: On the Rise and Fall of Tuscanization and other Crises in the Aesthetic Economy

Michalski, David

The Dialectic of Taste examines the aesthetic economy in the context of economic crises. It explains how a new concern for aesthetics, seen in artisan markets, was born out of the ashes of McDonaldization to become a potent force today, capable of both regulating social identity and sparking social change.

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Published by: Palgrave Pivot

Publication Date: 2015-07-30

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137544278

DOI: 10.1057/9781137544285

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 107