Part of the process of aestheticization is the objectification of
experience. Insofar as commodification requires an object, I would say that
aestheticization can facilitate commodification, but "promote" is too strong
a term for the relationship.
Mike Mallory
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From: "joseph berg" <[email protected]>
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Subject: "Indifference to the aesthetic will in the long run lessen the
economic product [whereas] attention to the aesthetic will increase economic
welfare." Josiah Stamp
Does aestheticization promote commodification?
