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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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Clothes: the origin of the British Empire

CivilisationBy Graham McAleerMarch 15, 2019Leave a comment

Scotsman Niall Ferguson is one of the most famous living historians and his TV programme Empire can be found on youtube.  Each episode is full of interesting stuff.   The first includes a segment where Ferguson argues that the impetus for empire began with the British lust for clothes from India.  At the time, India…

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