Spectacle unprovided of art: the theme of luxury in Rousseau

Authors

  • Luís Fernandes dos Santos Nascimento Universidade Federal de São Carlos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1517-0128.v2i31p6-13

Keywords:

Rousseau, Luxury, Arts, Sciences

Abstract

This article analyzes Rousseau’s peculiar attitude in the famous “quarrel of luxury”: faced with the valorization of refined taste in Arts in a century marked by the spirit of gallantry and by the court’s futile and pompous life model, it is as a writer that Rousseau, paradoxically and consciously, denounces the harmful social effects of luxury on customs.

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Author Biography

  • Luís Fernandes dos Santos Nascimento, Universidade Federal de São Carlos
    Professor de Filosofia do DFMC - UFSCar. Área de interesse: estética; Filosofia moderna

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Published

2017-12-28

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Artigos

How to Cite

Spectacle unprovided of art: the theme of luxury in Rousseau. (2017). Cadernos De Ética E Filosofia Política, 2(31), 6-13. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1517-0128.v2i31p6-13