Michael Kwa
Biographic Data
| ID | 1075875 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Kwa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwa |
| SIGNATURE | KWA M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Utopianism for a Dying Planet: Life after Consumerism by Gregory Claeys
As humanity confronts the climate crisis, it has become increasingly clear that science alone cannot save us. Official reports based on the natural sciences “fail to analyze critically the value systems, power relationships, and institutional processes that have resulted in climate change.”1 If we are to meet the moment and create a truly sustainable society, it is imperative that the humanities and social sciences join the conversation. Therein …
Ordering the World of Goods: Consumer Revolution and the Classification of Objects in Eighteenth-Century France
This article explores the cultural transformations that accompanied the rise of consumption in eighteenth-century western Europe by examining how defenders of luxury, notably George Marie Butel-Dumont, created new taxonomies to order an expanding world of goods. Building on the work of earlier luxury apologists such as Bernard Mandeville, Voltaire, and David Hume, Dumont reclassified objects of necessity, luxury, and ostentation to redeem the cat…
A Kingdom of Taxpayers: State Formation, Privilege, and Political Culture in Eighteenth-Century France
Redeeming the Republic: Federalists, Taxation, and the Origins of the Constitution
Ordering the World of Goods: Consumer Revolution and the Classification of Objects in Eighteenth-Century France
This article explores the cultural transformations that accompanied the rise of consumption in eighteenth-century western Europe by examining how defenders of luxury, notably George Marie Butel-Dumont, created new taxonomies to order an expanding world of goods. Building on the work of earlier luxury apologists such as Bernard Mandeville, Voltaire, and David Hume, Dumont reclassified objects of necessity, luxury, and ostentation to redeem the cat…
A Kingdom of Taxpayers: State Formation, Privilege, and Political Culture in Eighteenth-Century France
Redeeming the Republic: Federalists, Taxation, and the Origins of the Constitution
A Kingdom of Taxpayers: State Formation, Privilege, and Political Culture in Eighteenth-Century France
Ordering the World of Goods: Consumer Revolution and the Classification of Objects in Eighteenth-Century France
This article explores the cultural transformations that accompanied the rise of consumption in eighteenth-century western Europe by examining how defenders of luxury, notably George Marie Butel-Dumont, created new taxonomies to order an expanding world of goods. Building on the work of earlier luxury apologists such as Bernard Mandeville, Voltaire, and David Hume, Dumont reclassified objects of necessity, luxury, and ostentation to redeem the cat…
Utopianism for a Dying Planet: Life after Consumerism by Gregory Claeys
As humanity confronts the climate crisis, it has become increasingly clear that science alone cannot save us. Official reports based on the natural sciences “fail to analyze critically the value systems, power relationships, and institutional processes that have resulted in climate change.”1 If we are to meet the moment and create a truly sustainable society, it is imperative that the humanities and social sciences join the conversation. Therein …
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · European Political History Analysis (2 works) · History (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Advertising (1 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 works) · Art (1 works)