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- 1st grade of elementary school
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About the book MODA
Knjiga Moda počinje s istraživanjem svih mogućih značenja koja su obuhvaćena riječju "moda", gdje Svendsen proučava njeno mjesto u umjetnosti, politici i povijesti. U konačnici, međutim, on se fokusira na pojam na koji se najčešće misli: odjeću. Spretno rasčlanjuje mnoge aksiome industrije mode i njezine pristalice. Na primjer, on ističe da neke od najnovijih moda prikazanih na pistama nisu zapravo "moderne" u bilo kojem smislu te riječi, tvrdeći da su one mnogo sličnije modernim umjetničkim djelima te kaže sve više prevladava ideja da su estetska kirurgija i izmjena tijela dio novog vala konzumerizma. Svendsen se oslanja na djela mislilaca od Adama Smitha do Rolanda Barthesa da bi analizirao modu kao povijesni fenomen i filozofiju estetike. On također prati veze između pojmova mode i modernosti i na kraju se razmatra važnost razvoja mode u područjima kao što su umjetnost, politika i filozofija.