Material Culture And Mass Consumerism
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分類: 图书,进口原版,Business & Investing(商业与投资),
品牌: Daniel Miller
基本信息出版社:Wiley-Blackwell; 1 (1997年12月12日)精装:248页正文语种:英语ISBN:0631156054条形码:9780631156055商品尺寸:24 x 15.7 x 2.2 cm商品重量:503 gASIN:0631156054商品描述内容简介Drawing on a range of examples from Western and developing cultures, this book offers a re-reading of the contemporary society as the product of both individual and collective identity and behaviour. Marxist interpretations of the expansion in the range and number of material goods have tended to view people as estranged from the objects they produce, while massive consumption reinforces the fragmented and individualistic nature of capitalism. In this book, the author develops a more positive theory of material culture, revealing the creative potential in the relationship between people and goods. He argues that rather than being oppressed by them, people redefine material objects to make them express themselves and their cultures. He shows that everyday objects reflect not only personal tastes and attributes, but also moral principles and social ideals.目录Part 1 Objectification: Hegel and objectification; Marx - objectification as rupture; Munn - objectification as culture; Simmel - objectification as modernity. Part 2 Material culture: material culture; artefacts in their contexts. Part 3 Mass consumption: the study of consumption; object domains, ideology and interests; towards a theory of consumption.