Coolness: The Pure Elegance of Freedom

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Coolness: The Pure Elegance of Freedom
Coolness: The Pure Elegance of Freedom
$80.00
Available for Backorder
Description
Coolness as an attitude to life is what this extraordinary book is all about. Over 200 pictures show the term cool as a self-confident 'attitude', as a fashion trend or aesthetic overall concept.
Description

- A richly-illustrated homage to coolness as an attitude and an aesthetic

- An edgy project, both a documentary and a work of art, with a stunning visual execution and packed with creative energy

- Amusing, entertaining, yet also tremendously rich in layers given its interdisciplinary perspective

Cool. Whether it's a cool guy, cool sunglasses, or a cool film - the attribute 'cool', which until the early '90s was still the definitive identifier of rebellious youth culture speech, is now encountered globally and across all social classes in an almost inflationary manner. The adjective 'cool' is now regarded as a vague paraphrase for something positively casual and is particularly fond of offering itself to us with an aura of self-confident modernity and stylistic confidence. Unfortunately, whoever says 'cool' today often just means a fashion word, representative of who or what is currently hip and what is not. Everything that is somehow hip, trendy or 'in' is called 'cool'. Everything should, and everyone wants, to be cool. On the one hand, 'coolness' is an empty buzzword, on the other hand, it is a self-confident, late-modern individual attitude and behavioral strategy with rebellious roots against a twisted and unjust world.

ISBN
9783961714698
By
MICHAEL KOCKRITZ
Publisher
Te Neues Publishing Company
Publication Date
2023-05-02
Binding
Hardcover
Item Condition
New