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A Philosophy of Fashion | Shahidha Bari

Philosophy For Our Times

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The Problem of Attraction in Philosophy

The question of appearance is almost always disconnected from dress in philosophy. And that's what i'm trying to think about, aversion of philosophy that doesn't pretend that being interest in material or phenomenological life is unimportant. It's the single most important thing of all. That we have bodies, that we stand in front of each other, that my cotton sleeve will rub against your linen shirt later this afternoon, that means something to me, it seems to me. Andit warrants our inspection. Tats a very potted history of plato and kamp but i want to set up this idea that the big hitters in philosophy begin by telling us, doubt appearances, that truth is naked,.

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