Taste and the Household
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- ISBN 9780791451069
- Weight: 476g
- Publication Date: 27 Sep 2001
- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Shows how lousy food, cheesy clothes, and dingy homes can ruin our lives.
By exploring the connections between aesthetic sensitivity and moral character, this book connects them both to the larger cultural malaise. It locates the relationship between human nature and moral reasoning in what the author calls "domestic aesthetic skill," bringing together moral and aesthetic judgment about little things that are close to home-food, clothing, and furniture. McCracken combines the study of modern moral theory with the study of modern economics, contemporary popular culture, advertising, and design, to help understand how heady theories become translated into everyday actions.
Janet McCracken is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Lake Forest College. She is the author of Thinking About Gender: A Historical Anthology.
