Chapter 4. Inside Culture’s Sorting Plant

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Content 5
3. Preface 11
4. Part 1: Culture of Dissimilarity
5. Chapter 1. Material 15
6. Chapter 2. Style 47
7. Chapter 3. Distant and Near Vision 67
8. PART 2: THE PRODUCTIVE CONSUMER
9. Introduction 98
10. Chapter 4. Inside Culture’s Sorting Plant 101
11. Chapter 5. Social Volition and Cultural Prowess 133
12. Chapter 6. Cultural Selection 173
13. Chapter 7. Social Evolution 193
14. PART 3: THE STYLISH PRESENT DAY
15. Introduction 218
16. Chapter 8. Cultural Juxtaposition and Stylistic Fertilisation 219
17. Chapter 9. Identity Industry 253
18. Chapter 10. The Added Value of Becoming 273
19. Bibliography 309
20. List of Figures 321
21. Index 323