Social and Economic Theory of Consumption

Informationen zum Autor Alan Warde is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester. Klappentext Kaj Ilmonen was a pioneer in the third wave of the sociology of consumption. This book provides a balanced overview of the sociology of consumption, arguing that the enthusiasm of 'the third wave' exaggerated the role of the symbolic and imaginary at the expense of the materiality of human societies. Zusammenfassung Kaj Ilmonen was a pioneer in the third wave of the sociology of consumption. This book provides a balanced overview of the sociology of consumption, arguing that the enthusiasm of 'the third wave' exaggerated the role of the symbolic and imaginary at the expense of the materiality of human societies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword The Sociology of Consumption: A Brief History Markets and the Neo-Liberal Utopia of Omnipotent Markets Commodities and Consumption: General and Specific Features Want, Need and Commodity Consumption and the Necessary Economic Conditions for Consumption The Use and Meanings of Money Mechanisms of Consumption Choice and their General Cultural Framework Consumption as Ideological Discourse Consumption as Use: Our Relationship to Commodities

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Foreword The Sociology of Consumption: A Brief History Markets and the Neo-Liberal Utopia of Omnipotent Markets Commodities and Consumption: General and Specific Features Want, Need and Commodity Consumption and the Necessary Economic Conditions for Consumption The Use and Meanings of Money Mechanisms of Consumption Choice and their General Cultural Framework Consumption as Ideological Discourse Consumption as Use: Our Relationship to Commodities

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• Authors: Jukka Gronow, JUKKA et al GRONOW, Kaj Ilmonen, ILMONEN KAJ, Davi Kivinen, David Kivinen, Arto Noro, Keij Rahkonen, Keijo Rahkonen, Pekka Rahkonen Sulkunen
• Assisted by: J. Gronow (Editor), Jukka Gronow (Editor), K. Ilmonen (Editor), A. Noro (Editor), K. Rahkonen (Editor), Sulkunen (Editor), P Sulkunen (Editor), P. Sulkunen (Editor), Pekka Sulkunen (Editor), A Warde (Editor), A. Warde (Editor), David Kivinen (Translation)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.12.2010
• EAN: 9780230244108
• ISBN: 978-0-230-24410-8
• No. of pages: 247
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education