Consumption

ISBN-13: 9780415069625 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 144 str.

Robert Bocock

Opis

This volume presents a critical overview of major sociological approaches to the process of consumption, in both modern and postmodern societies. It develops an analysis of consumption as a socio-cultural process, and of the ideology of consumerism. Bocock examines the role of consumption in early modern western society, and discusses the emergence of consumption in the early 20th century. This historical approach provides the launching pad for an analysis of consumption between the 1950s and the present day. The author also examines the contribution of leading writers in the field, including Veblen, Simmel, Marx, Gramsci, Weber, Bourdieu, Lacan and Baudrillard.

Spis treści

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The emergence of modern consumption 2. Theorizing consumption 3. Consumption and the symbolic 4. Desires, identity and consumption Conclusion Bibliography

O autorze

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