The Insatiability of Human Wants: Economics and Aesthetics in Market Society Paperback - 2000 - 1st Edition
by Regenia Gagnier
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When Fraser wrote his chapter on capital in Economic Thought and Language (1937), he apologized for its "monstrous length . . . it got completely out of hand," whether ironically with reference to capitalist growth itself or parodically in relation to Marx's magnum opus it is not clear.
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Combining cultural history, economics, and literary criticism, Regenia Gagnier's new work traces the parallel development of economic theory and aesthetic theory, offering a shrewd reading of humans as workers and wanters, born of labor and desire. The story told in The Insatiability of Human Wants begins in the 1870s, a key transitional moment in aesthetics and economics, when both disciplines underwent a turn from production to consumption models. In economics, an emphasis on the theory of value and the social relations between land, labor, and capital gave way to more individualistic models of consumerism. Similarly, in aesthetics, theories of artistic production or creativity bowed to models of taste, pleasure, and reception. Using these developments as a point of departure, Gagnier deftly traces the shift in Western thought from models of production to models of consumption.
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- Title The Insatiability of Human Wants: Economics and Aesthetics in Market Society
- Author Regenia Gagnier
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 262
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
- Date December 1, 2000
- ISBN 9780226278544 / 0226278549
- Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 9.16 x 6.11 x 0.8 in (23.27 x 15.52 x 2.03 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Library of Congress subjects English literature - 19th century - History, Culture - Economic aspects
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00030231
- Dewey Decimal Code 330.1
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