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La figura del consumidor en la modernidad: un análisis simmeliano de las estrategias empresariales de marketing
The figure of the consumer in the modernity: a Simmelian analysis of marketing business strategies
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Abstract We analyze the links between two conceptions of 'the consumer' in modernity: one in Georg Simmel's classic book 'Philosophy of money', and the other implicit in the marketing strategies of modern companies. In modernity, the division of labour, and social differentiation, have produced a general sen... view more
We analyze the links between two conceptions of 'the consumer' in modernity: one in Georg Simmel's classic book 'Philosophy of money', and the other implicit in the marketing strategies of modern companies. In modernity, the division of labour, and social differentiation, have produced a general sense of intellectualization, in which objective culture and cultural products have acquired their own life, independently of their creators, who are more and more anonymous. This process makes possible a detachment of the subject from things. Money or, in Simmel's terms, the monetary economy, unifies all products through an abstract value. These products are converted from ends in themselves into means to other ends. This provides for two divergent paths forward, which reflect the ambivalent character of modernity: on the one hand, the subject can develop a hyper- developed appreciation of the world, achieving independence from the immediate necessities of life and developing an aesthetic sensitivity towards objective culture. But, on the other hand, the proliferation of consumption, and its penetration into almost all facets of life, can undermine and alienate even the most intimate space that the subject might try to keep private.... view less
Keywords
disengagement; marketing
Classification
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Free Keywords
Consumer; Modernity; Cultural Sensitivity; Simmel
Document language
Spanish
Publication Year
2007
Page/Pages
p. 99-114
Journal
Athenea Digital: Revista de Pensamiento e Investigacion Social (2007) 12
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications