Hipster Economy: Taste and Authenticity in Late Modern Capitalism

The Hipster Economy analyzes the impact of pursuing authenticity on consumption, urban spaces, and late modern capitalism, to offer a fresh perspective on hipsterism and aesthetic consumption.The Hipster Economy gives hipsterism the serious analysis it deserves, through which he reveals the importance of hipster aesthetics, based on authenticity, for today’s consumption-based economy. Since being authentic has become an aspiration and an imperative, the notion of authenticity shapes the con...