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Veneration & Refinement: The Ethics of Fashion
Veneration & Refinement: The Ethics of Fashion
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    • Abbreviations
  • Blog
  • Table of Contents
    • Preface
    • Introduction
    • Chapter 1: Fashion and Privilege: David Hume and Luxury Fashion
    • Chapter 2: Fashion and Poverty: The Whig-Tory Debate
    • Chapter 3: Fashion and Justice: Benedict XVI and Feel Good Fashion
    • Chapter 4: Fashion and Beauty: Adam Smith and Celebrity Fashion
    • Chapter 5: Fashion and Vanity: Max Scheler and Craft Fashion
    • Chapter 6: Fashion and Civilisation: Johan Huizinga and Fantasy Fashion
    • Chapter 7: Fashion and Nobility: Aurel Kolnai and Fast Fashion
    • Chapter 8: Fashion and Power: Agamben and Pryzwara on the Vestments of Power
    • Concluding Remarks
  • Home
    • Abbreviations
  • Blog
  • Table of Contents
    • Preface
    • Introduction
    • Chapter 1: Fashion and Privilege: David Hume and Luxury Fashion
    • Chapter 2: Fashion and Poverty: The Whig-Tory Debate
    • Chapter 3: Fashion and Justice: Benedict XVI and Feel Good Fashion
    • Chapter 4: Fashion and Beauty: Adam Smith and Celebrity Fashion
    • Chapter 5: Fashion and Vanity: Max Scheler and Craft Fashion
    • Chapter 6: Fashion and Civilisation: Johan Huizinga and Fantasy Fashion
    • Chapter 7: Fashion and Nobility: Aurel Kolnai and Fast Fashion
    • Chapter 8: Fashion and Power: Agamben and Pryzwara on the Vestments of Power
    • Concluding Remarks

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My public lecture on Tolkien in Baltimore. You are invited!

News!By Graham McAleerFebruary 8, 2019Leave a comment

Here’s the info announcing the lecture:   I am writing to let you know about an upcoming event at The Shrine of the Sacred Heart (my parish) that may be of interest. On Sunday, February 24, Graham McAleer, Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University of Baltimore, will give an address about how great stories can…

Jacques Lacan and Jurgen Klopp on referees playing the game

TheoryBy Graham McAleerFebruary 8, 2019Leave a comment

V&R Chapter 6 uses the play theory of Huizinga to explore the ethics of fashion.  When I published V&R in 2016, I had never delved in detail into Lacan and his French contemporary, Roger Caillois.  Since then, I have been reading both intently.  Blog posts lately have shown the power of their thinking for reflecting…

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