Consumption : A Sociological Analysis /
This book critically reviews recent social scientific investigations of consumption, a controversial topic with moral overtones, and of popular public interest and political and economic significance. The author explores how consumption affects personal identity and social position, developing a soc...
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| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2017.
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| Series: | Consumption and public life.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- Part I: The Development of the Sociology of Consumption
- 2. Sociology and Consumption
- 3. The Development of the Sociology of Consumption
- Part II: Consumption and Practice
- 4. Consumption as Appropriation: On the use of ‘Consumption’ and Consumption as Use
- 5. Consumption and Theories of Practice
- Part III: Consumption, Taste and Power
- 6. Practice and Field: Revising Bourdieu’s Concepts
- 7. Re-assessing Cultural Capital
- Part IV: Consumption, Critique and Politics
- 8. Consumption and the critique of Society
- 9. Sustainable Consumption: Practices, Habits and Politics
- 10. Illusions of Sovereignty and Choice.