• ISBN13: 9781041034049
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Publisher Imprint: Routledge India
• Publication Date: January 1, 2025
• Pages: 366
• Original Price: INR 2495.0
• Language: English
• Edition: South Asia Edition
• Item Weight: 500 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): N/A

This book delves into the intricate interplay of political, economic, and philosophic forces that have shaped popular culture, fashion, social movements and societies. Exploring the developments of the twentieth century and the transition into the new millennium, this work traces the causality between culture, fashion, philosophical discourses, and political economy. It analyzes political-economic and philosophical factors to demonstrate how fashion emerges as a pivotal force that guides and shapes post-modern democratic societies and market economies. The volume weaves together insights from sociology, cultural studies, feminist studies, fashion history, cinematography, media, the entertainment industry and social policy research. It examines how postmodern societies, shaped by post-structuralist critique and neo-liberal ideologies, navigates the complexities of democracy and market economies, evolving from deeply entrenched systems of colonialism and feudalism to achieve modernization and massive technological progress and reach a social reality of postmodernist paradigms.