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The Production of Consumer Society: Cultural-Economic Principles of Distinction
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Abstract With a novel quality theory of consumption which treats opulence and self-restraint in consumption styles symmetrically, the author shows how social distance and proximity are communicated by consumption and produced by communication. He positions fringe styles with those of the mainstream in an ove... mehr
With a novel quality theory of consumption which treats opulence and self-restraint in consumption styles symmetrically, the author shows how social distance and proximity are communicated by consumption and produced by communication. He positions fringe styles with those of the mainstream in an overall stylistic system of society and analyses their encounters. Rigorously derived, the approach casts fresh light on the cultural and social evolution as well as the business models of the consumer industry. It provides a coherent interdisciplinary access to the aesthetic turn of society that has so far been treated with contradictory paradigms.... weniger
Klassifikation
Wirtschaftssoziologie
Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
Aesthetics; Consumption; Cultural Theory; Culture; Distinction; Economics; Economy; Sociology of Culture; Style
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2021
Verlag
transcript Verlag
Erscheinungsort
Bielefeld
Seitenangabe
337 S.
Schriftenreihe
Edition transcript, 9
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457030
ISBN
978-3-8394-5703-0
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0