TY - BOOK ID - 37756124 TI - Luxury and the ethics of greed in Early Modern Italy PY - 2018 SN - 9782503580111 9782503580128 2503580114 PB - Turnhout : Brepols, DB - UniCat KW - Consumption (Economics) KW - Consommation KW - Luxury KW - Luxe KW - History KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - History. KW - Aspect moral KW - Histoire. KW - History of Italy KW - anno 1400-1499 KW - anno 1500-1599 KW - Economics KW - Wealth KW - Cost and standard of living KW - Leisure class KW - Consumer demand KW - Consumer spending KW - Consumerism KW - Spending, Consumer KW - Demand (Economic theory) KW - Moral and ethical aspects&delete& KW - luxury UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:37756124 AB - A new, scholarly, and lively appraisal of the twin paradigms of Luxury and Greed as they were debated, disseminated, enacted, and feigned in early modern Italy.This book unravels the complex interaction of the paradigms of luxury and greed which lie at the origins of modern consumption practices. In the Western world, the phenomenon of luxury and the ethical dilemmas it raised appeared, for the first time since antiquity, in early modern Italy. Here, luxury emerged as a core idea in the conceptualization of consumption. Simultaneously, greed — which manifested in new and unrestrained consumption practices — came under close ethical scrutiny. As the buying power of new classes gained pace, these paradigms evolved as they continued both to influence, and be influenced by, other emerging global cultures through the early modern period.After defining luxury and greed in their historical contexts, the volume’s chapters elucidate new consumptive goods, from chocolate to official robes of state; they examine how ideas about, and objects of, luxury and greed were disseminated through print, diplomacy, and gift-giving; and they reveal how even the most elite of consumers could fake their luxury objects. A group of international scholars from a range of disciplines thereby provide a new appraisal and vision of luxury and the ethics of greed in early modern Italy ER -