Subjectivity, the Unconscious and Consumerism (eBook)
XXII, 375 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-96824-7 (ISBN)
Subjectivity, the Unconscious and Consumerism is a unique and imaginative psycho-sociological exploration of how postmodern, contemporary consumerism invades and colonises human subjectivity. Investigating especially consumerism's unconscious aspects such as desires, imagination, and fantasy, it engages with an extensive analysis of dreams. The author frames these using a synthesis of Jungian psychology and the social imaginaries of Baudrillard and Bauman, in a dialogue with the theories of McDonaldization and Disneyization. The aim is to broaden our understanding of consumerism to include the perennial consumption of symbols and signs of identity - a process which is the basis for the fabrication of the commodified self. The book offers a profound, innovative critique of our consumption societies, challenging readers to rethink how we live, and how our identities are impacted by consumerism. As such it will be of interest to students and scholars of critical psychology, psychoanalysis, sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, but is also accessible to anyone interested in the complex psychology of contemporary subjectivity.
Marlon Xavier is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil, and gained his PhD in Social Psychology at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain. He was previously a visiting research fellow at The Bauman Institute, University of Leeds, UK, and also at LACCOS - the Social Psychology of Cognition and Communication Lab at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Marlon Xavier is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil, and gained his PhD in Social Psychology at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain. He was previously a visiting research fellow at The Bauman Institute, University of Leeds, UK, and also at LACCOS - the Social Psychology of Cognition and Communication Lab at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
1. IntroductionPART I. Theoretical framework2. Symbolic imaginaries and the subject3. Symbolic imaginaries: The world of dreams4. The ImCon as a semiotic imaginary: Consumption dreams and the subject as consumer5. The ImCon as simulacrum of symbolic imaginary: Dream-worlds of consumption and the subject as commodity6. Dreamscapes: The dream-worlds of shopping malls, McDonald's, and DisneylandPART II. Empirical study7. Method8. Interpretation and discussion9. All that is sacred (and symbolic) is commodified: The McChurch™ Dreams10. Disneyized dreams: Imaginary models of simulation11. Dreaming in the temples of consumption: Shopping malls and department stores dreams12. Conclusions.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.9.2018 |
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Zusatzinfo | XXII, 375 p. |
Verlagsort | Cham |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
Schlagworte | Allegory • Capitalism • collective consciousness • Colonization • Consumerism • consumption • Disneyization • Dream Interpretation • ego consciousness • Jungian hermeneutics • Jungian theory • McDonaldization • Social Psychology • symbolic fantasy • unconscious psyche |
ISBN-10 | 3-319-96824-6 / 3319968246 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-96824-7 / 9783319968247 |
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