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Shine allures and awakens desire. As a phenomenon of perception
shiny things and materials fascinate and tantalize. They are a
formative element of material culture, promising luxury, social
distinction and the hope of limitless experience and excess. Since
the early twentieth century the mass production, dissemination and
popularization of synthetic materials that produce
heretofore-unknown effects of shine have increased. At the same
time, shine is subjectified as "glamor" and made into a token of
performative self-empowerment. The volume illuminates genealogical
as well as systematic relationships between material phenomena of
shine and cultural-philosophical concepts of appearance, illusion,
distraction and glare in bringing together renowned scholars from
various disciplines.
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