The Romantic Ethic And The Spirit Of Modern Consumerism

Author : Colin Campbell
Publisher : WritersPrintShop
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1904623336

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The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism by Colin Campbell Pdf

The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism was first published by Basil Blackwell of Oxford in 1987. A paperback edition appeared two years later, while in the following five years it was reprinted four times. However although the intervening years have seen the appearance of Italian, Portuguese, Slovenian and Chinese editions, no copies have been available in English since 1998. This Alcuin Academic edition has therefore been published in order to fill this gap, and more specifically to meet the needs of those academics and students who have contacted me over the past six or seven years in search of an English-language version of the book. Naturally I have considered writing a revised edition (which indeed some critics, as well as a few friends, have suggested is long overdue). -- Amazon.com.

Author : Colin Campbell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319790664

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The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism by Colin Campbell Pdf

Originally published in 1987, Colin Campbell’s classic treatise on the sociology of consumption has become one of the most widely cited texts in sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, and the history of ideas. In the thirty years since its publication, The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism has lost none of its impact. If anything, the growing commodification of society, the increased attention to consumer studies and marketing, and the ever-proliferating range of purchasable goods and services have made Campbell’s rereading of Weber more urgent still. As Campbell uncovers how and why a consumer-oriented society emerged from a Europe that once embodied Weber’s Protestant ethic, he delivers a rich theorization of the modern logics and values structuring consumer behavior. This new edition, featuring an extended Introduction from the author and an Afterword from researcher Karin M. Ekström, makes clear how this foundational work aligns with contemporary theory in cultural sociology, while also serving as major influence on consumer studies.

Author : Colin Campbell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1040507790

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The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism by Colin Campbell Pdf

Author : Colin Campbell
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030836818

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Consumption and Consumer Society by Colin Campbell Pdf

This collection of high quality, largely previously published essays, analyses a range of controversies in the field of the sociology of culture and consumption. Campbell made a major contribution to the development of this field and he has a clear and coherent theoretical position which he employs to comment on interesting disputes among scholars seeking to understand consumer culture. Containing a brand new expansive essay reflecting on consumption in the age of a pandemic and drawing out some of the conceptual and practical implications of the relationship between wants and needs, science and norms, this synthesis will be an invaluable resource for students and researchers of consumption, consumer and cultural sociology.

Author : Peter Corrigan
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1997-08-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781446238844

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The Sociology of Consumption by Peter Corrigan Pdf

This lucid introduction to the sociology of consumerism examines the relationship between production and consumption in late capitalist societies. The historical and theoretical discussion provides the student with the tools to examine key themes in the sociology of consumption. After a detailed historical overview of the advent of consumer society, Peter Corrigan examines theoretical accounts of consumption and consumer practice, including: Veblen and conspicuous consumption; Mary Douglas on the world of goods; Jean Baudrillard on the system of objects; and Pierre Bourdieu on cultural capital. This historical and theoretical discussion provides the student with the tools to examine key themes in the sociology of consumption.

Author : Sharon Boden
Publisher : Springer
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230005648

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Consumerism, Romance and the Wedding Experience by Sharon Boden Pdf

In this fascinating study, Boden considers the changing social and cultural significance of the wedding in Britain. The book focuses upon a number of issues including the commercialization of the event, the dynamics of heterosexual partnerships, and the influence of romance. The new commercial wedding is further explored in relation to broader socio-structural transformations and the modernization of marriage law. This book draws upon the experiences of marrying couples as well as media evidence.

Author : Littler, Jo
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780335221523

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Radical Consumption: Shopping For Change In Contemporary Culture by Littler, Jo Pdf

"This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to examining contemporary radical consumption, analyzing its possibilities and problems, moralities, methods of mediation and its connections to wider cultural formations of production and politics." "Jo Littler argues that we require a more expansive vocabulary and need to open up new approaches of enquiry in order to understand the area's many contradictions, strengths and weaknesses. Drawing on a number of contemporary theories, terms and debates in media and cultural studies, she uses a range of specific case studies to bring theory to life." "Radical Consumption is important reading for cultural, media and sociology students." --Book Jacket.

Author : Kieran Allen
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004-06-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSC:32106017539971

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Max Weber by Kieran Allen Pdf

Ideal student introduction to Weber's sociology that offers critical analysis in the context of Weber's political beliefs.

Author : Colin Campbell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998-07-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521646367

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The Myth of Social Action by Colin Campbell Pdf

The Myth of Social Action, first published in 1996, is a powerful critique of the sociology of the time and a call to reject the prevailing orthodoxy. Arguing that sociological theory had lost its way, Colin Campbell mounts a case for a new 'dynamic interpretivism' a perspective on human conduct which is more inkeeping with the spirit of traditional Weberian action theory. Discussing and dismissing one by one the main arguments of those who reject individualistic action theory, he demonstrates that this has been wrongly rejected in favour of the interactional, social situationalist approach now dominating sociological thought.

Author : Cesare Silla
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367856611

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The Rise of Consumer Capitalism in America, 1880 - 1930 by Cesare Silla Pdf

This book offers a genealogical account of the rise of consumer capitalism, tracing its origins in America between 1880 and 1930 and explaining how it emerged to become the dominant form of social organization of our time. Asking how it was that we came to be consumers who live in societies that revolve around an ever-spinning circle of production and consumption, not only of goods, but also of events, experiences, emotions and relations, The Rise of Consumer Capitalism in America presents an extensive analysis of primary sources to demonstrate the conditions and forces from which consumer capitalism emerged and became victorious. Employing a Weberian approach that brings liminality to the fore as a master concept to make sense of historical change, the author links an in-depth empirical investigation to supple sociological theorizing to show how the encirclement of all aspects of life by the logic of consumer capitalism was a time-bound historical creation rather than a necessary one. A fascinating study of the appearance and triumph of the "ideology" of our age, this book will appeal to scholars of social and anthropological theory, historical sociology, cultural history and American studies.

Author : Colin Campbell
Publisher : Palgrave
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1349007978

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Toward a Sociology of Irreligion by Colin Campbell Pdf

Author : John Holmwood,Hilary Radner,Gerhard Schulze,Pekka Sulkunen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349253371

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Constructing the New Consumer Society by John Holmwood,Hilary Radner,Gerhard Schulze,Pekka Sulkunen Pdf

This book argues that the coming of the 'a new consumerism' in the affluent societies marks a distinct phase of modernity. Limits of production no longer confine consumption to what is necessary or instrumental. Demands for increasing production no longer shape ideology and culture as they did previously. Important contemporary themes of morality, the body, citizenship and inequality are here placed in a new theoretical light. The book provides examples of new codes of happiness in consuming products, culture and entertainment. Issues of nutrition, consumer policy, environmental risk and health are discussed in the light of these new codes.

Author : Pasi Falk,Colin Campbell
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1997-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781446238752

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The Shopping Experience by Pasi Falk,Colin Campbell Pdf

This shrewd and probing book seeks to theorize shopping as an autonomous realm. It avoids the reductionist characteristics of economics and marketing. At the same time it avoids the moralizing tone of many contemporary discussions of shopping and consumption. It also contains an appendix which gives a brief history and selected literature of shopping.

Author : Robert Fletcher
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780822376897

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Romancing the Wild by Robert Fletcher Pdf

The worldwide development of ecotourism—including adventures such as mountain climbing and whitewater rafting, as well as more pedestrian pursuits such as birdwatching—has been extensively studied, but until now little attention has been paid to why vacationers choose to take part in what are often physically and emotionally strenuous endeavors. Drawing on ethnographic research and his own experiences working as an ecotour guide throughout the United States and Latin America, Robert Fletcher argues that participation in rigorous outdoor activities resonates with the particular cultural values of the white, upper-middle-class Westerners who are the majority of ecotourists. Navigating 13,000-foot mountain peaks or treacherous river rapids demands deferral of gratification, perseverance through suffering, and a willingness to assume risks in pursuit of continuous progress. In this way, characteristics originally cultivated for professional success have been transferred to the leisure realm at a moment when traditional avenues for achievement in the public sphere seem largely exhausted. At the same time, ecotourism provides a temporary escape from the ostensible ills of modern society by offering a transcendent "wilderness" experience that contrasts with the indoor, sedentary, mental labor characteristically performed by white-collar workers.

Author : Steven Miles
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1998-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0761952152

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Consumerism by Steven Miles Pdf

This book provides an introduction to the historical and theoretical foundations of consumerism. It then moves on to examine the experience of consumption in the areas of space and place, technology, fashion, `popular' music and sport. Throughout, the author brings a critical perspective to bear upon the subject, thus providing a reliable and stimulating guide to a complex and many-sided field.