Being Human in a Consumer Society

Alejandro Néstor García Martínez (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

222 Seiten

2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-59973-7 (ISBN)

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This book offers a new perspective on sociological studies of the consumer society, introducing neglected normative questions relating to the good life and human flourishing - subjects more commonly discussed in fields of moral, political, and social philosophy. With attention to a wide range of subjects, including postemotional law and responsibility, dehumanised consumption and prosumerism, fashion, embodiment, conspicuous consumption, and sustainability, this book analyzes the structural and cultural transformations that can be identified in consumer society. It also offers a critical - but not pessimistic - view of the important question of whether consumption is leading to an increasing isolation, individualization or commodification of human beings, suggesting an analytical framework for understanding consumer culture and human praxis. Bringing together work from across disciplines by scholars in the US, Europe, and the UK to engage with questions concerning our globalized and globalizing world, where consumerism is a keystone for understanding our contemporary culture and its social structures, Being Human in a Consumer Society will appeal to scholars and students of sociology, social theory, and contemporary philosophy.

Alejandro Néstor GarcÃa MartÃnez is Lecturer in Sociology, Social Theory and Theory of Organizations at the University of Navarra, Spain.

Being Human in a Consumer Society

Erscheinungsdatum	01.07.2020
Reihe/Serie	Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	331 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-367-59973-2 / 0367599732
ISBN-13	978-0-367-59973-7 / 9780367599737
Zustand	Neuware