How Long to Read The Evolution of Luxury

How Long Does it Take to Read The Evolution of Luxury?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 18 minutes to read The Evolution of Luxury by Ian Malcolm Taplin

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book offers a unique analysis of how our definitions of luxury have changed over the ages, and with that the role and actions of both suppliers and buyers of luxury products. It traces the way luxury was seen as avarice and emblematic of morally corrosive behavior in past societies, to being viewed in more virtuous terms as the inevitable outcome of structural changes that legitimize the acquisition and display of wealth. It examines the origins of the shift from criticism to acceptance, and traces these changes to fundamentally different notions of what constitutes the basis for social order. Whereas pre-industrial hierarchies cloaked inequality in various secular and sacred guises to mitigate its presence, capitalism justified and reified inequality as a measure of individual success and initiative through interdependent market behavior. The result of this transformation is that status markers have become aspirational tools as hierarchies became porous and self-identity less ascriptive. Correspondingly, as demand for luxury became legitimized, the supply side underwent dramatic changes. Such changes are explored fully in the sectors of fashion, art and wine. As demand for high priced and scarce goods in each of these sectors has increased, in each case key actors have manipulated markets to purposefully either consolidate their pre-eminence or manufacture the requisite scarcity that affords them canonical status. The demand for and supply of luxury goods is now global; consumers seeking validation and affirmation of their status whilst producers engineer scarcity. Luxury is seen not only as good; it is virtuous, its demand possibly insatiable and extremely profitable.

How long is The Evolution of Luxury?

The Evolution of Luxury by Ian Malcolm Taplin is 195 pages long, and a total of 49,725 words.

This makes it 66% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Evolution of Luxury Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 31 minutes to read The Evolution of Luxury aloud.

What Reading Level is The Evolution of Luxury?

The Evolution of Luxury is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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