Identity and Capitalism

Informationen zum Autor Marie Moran is a lecturer in Equality Studies at the UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, UCD.  Klappentext Against the common assumption that identity 'always mattered', Marie Moran shows that what we now think of routinely as 'personal identity' actually only emerged with the explosion of consumption in the late 20th Century. Zusammenfassung Against the common assumption that identity 'always mattered', Marie Moran shows that what we now think of routinely as 'personal identity’ actually only emerged with the explosion of consumption in the late 20th Century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. Historicising ¿Identity¿ Chapter 2. ¿Identity¿ A Keyword Analysis Chapter 3. Cultural Materialism and the Social Logic of Capitalism Chapter 4. A Pre-History of the Idea of Identity in Capitalist Societies Chapter 5. Identity Politics, Globalising Capitalism and the Crisis of Identity Chapter 6. Personal Identity and the Consumer Society Chapter 7. Identity and Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century

Product details

• Authors: Marie Moran, Moran Marie
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.2014
• EAN: 9781446249758
• ISBN: 978-1-4462-4975-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Political science and theory, Economic theory and philosophy