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11 janvier 2013
- handle: 10670/1.toh971
- isbn: 9781906924379
- eisbn: 9781906924386
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Europe culture history aesthetics ethics James' inspiration ethics of globalization sociology of taste intellectual itinerary postmodern biofiction Literature Literary Reviews LIT004020 DSBSujets proches
Gustation Tasting (Physiology) Social theory Council of Europe countries Moral philosophy Science, Moral Morals Ethics, Primitive Philosophy, Moral Morality Deontology Ethology Moral ideas Religion and ethics Biography--Character Knowledge--Ethics moraleCiter ce document
Esther Sánchez-Pardo, « 3. James’s Sociology of Taste: The Ambassadors, Commodity Consumption, and Cultural Critique », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.toh971
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This paper aims at elucidating James’s complex position at the crossroads of impression—in his late ”impressionist novels”—versus possession, examining how he weaves together a systematic focus on the workings of perception and desire and an analytical representation of plots that involve possession—of art or aesthetic objects, or of money in most cases. The oscillation between both is enhanced in the confrontation of America and Europe in the midst of major social and economic changes in the...