Concepts of Value in European Material Culture, 1500-1900 Munck Bert de
Concepts of Value in European Material Culture, 1500-1900 Munck Bert de In contemporary society it would seem self-evident that people allow the market to determine the values of products and…
Specifikacia Concepts of Value in European Material Culture, 1500-1900 Munck Bert de
Concepts of Value in European Material Culture, 1500-1900 Munck Bert de
In contemporary society it would seem self-evident that people allow the market to determine the values of products and services. Yet this 'price-mechanism' is itself embedded in conventions and frames of reference which differed according to time, place and product type. For everything from a loaf of bread to a work of art to a simple haircut, value is expressed in monetary terms and seen as determined primarily by the 'objective' interplay between supply and demand.
This volume brings together scholars with expertise in a variety of related fields, including economic history, the history of consumption and material culture, art history, and the history of collecting, Moreover, the dominance of the conventions of utility maximising and calculative homo economicus is a relatively new phenomenon, and one which directly correlates to the steady advent of capitalism in early modern Europe.