in thrall to marketing
On the use of the collection form by luxury firms
The collection form and contemporary art
The contradiction of the enrichment economy
Notes
9 The Trend Form
Trend, sign, and distinction
The structure of the trend form
The economic constraints of the trend form
From the trend form to the collection form
Notes
10 The Asset Form
Characteristics of the asset form
On the liquidity of things as assets
The commercial potential of assets
Notes
10 Part IV Who Profits from the Past 11 Profit in a Commercial Society Competition and differentiation Surplus work value and profit Surplus market value and profit Displacing commodities or displacing buyers Shifts among forms of valuation Profiting from the wealthy in the capitalist cosmos Notes 12 The Enrichment Economy in Practice An enriched village: Laguiole in Aubrac Cutlery valorized by the collection form “A name, a brand, a village” Notes 13 The Shape of the Enrichment Society The organization of things and persons Who can profit from an enrichment economy? “Losers” and “servants” The return of “rentiers” Notes 14 Creators in the Enrichment Society The economic condition of culture workers Self-promotion by creators The constraint of self-exploitation The circumstances behind the crystallization of social classes Troubled critiques Notes
11 Conclusion: Action and Structures The enrichment economy and a critique of capitalism On pragmatic structuralism Notes
12 Appendix Some basic elements of the language of category theory Forms of commodity valuations Notes
13 References
14 Index
Figures
1 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 Structural dimensions of the forms of valuation
2 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 Structural schema of the standard form
3 Chapter 7Figure 7.1 Structural schema of the collection form
4 Chapter 9Figure 9.1 Structural schema of the trend form
5 Chapter 10Figure 10.1 Structural schema of the asset form
6 Chapter 12Figure 12.1 Standard formFigure 12.2 Collection form
Guide
1 Cover
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