The Production of Consumer Society : Cultural-Economic Principles of Distinction

• Tác giả: Ernst Mohr
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-3837657036
• ISBN-13: 978-3839457030
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 306.3 Economic institutions
• Thông tin xuất bản: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2021
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (340 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 217791
• Chủ đề: 1. Consumerism; 2. Cultural studies

Tóm tắt

With a novel quality theory of consumption which treats opulence and self-restraint in consumption styles symmetrically, Ernst Mohr 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.