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A social and economic theory of consumption

Kaj Ilmonen was a pioneer in the third wave of the sociology of consumption. This book provides a balanced overview of the sociology of consumption, arguing that the enthusiasm of 'the third wave' exaggerated the role of the symbolic and imaginary at the expense of the materiality of human...

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Main Authors: Ilmonen, Kaj
Group Author: Sulkunen, Pekka; Rahkonen, Keijo; Gronow, Jukka; Noro, Arto; Warde, Alan; Kivinen, David
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Material culture
Consumerism
Social theory
Political science & theory
Economic theory & philosophy
Society
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230295339
Summary: Kaj Ilmonen was a pioneer in the third wave of the sociology of consumption. This book provides a balanced overview of the sociology of consumption, arguing that the enthusiasm of 'the third wave' exaggerated the role of the symbolic and imaginary at the expense of the materiality of human societies.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230244108, 2010.
Carrier Form: 248 p. : 6 figures, 6.
ISBN: 9780230244108
9780230295339 :
0230295339 :
CLC: D693.9
Contents: Foreword The Sociology of Consumption: A Brief History Markets and the Neo-Liberal Utopia of Omnipotent Markets Commodities and Consumption: General and Specific Features Want, Need and Commodity Consumption and the Necessary Economic Conditions for Consumption The Use and Meanings of Money Mechanisms of Consumption Choice and their General Cultural Framework Consumption as Ideological Discourse Consumption as Use: Our Relationship to Commodities.

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