The Production of Consumer Society
Cultural-Economic Principles of Distinction
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With a novel quality theory of consumption which treats opulence and self-restraint in consumption styles symmetrically, Ernst Mohr shows how social distance and proximity are communicated by consumption and produced by communication. He positions fringe styles with those of the mainstream in an overall stylistic system of society and analyses their encounters. Rigorously derived, the approach casts fresh light on the cultural and social evolution as well as the business models of the consumer industry. It provides a coherent interdisciplinary access to the aesthetic turn of society that has so far been treated with contradictory paradigms.
Ernst Mohr (Prof. em. Ph.D.) taught economics at Universität St. Gallen and earned his doctorate at London School of Economics. His research led him from resource and environmental economics to cultural economics. He published, among other things, on the drivers of consumer society.
Besprochen in: Journal of Economic Literature, 60/1, (2022)
Besprochen in:
Journal of Economic Literature, 60/1, (2022)
Erscheinungsdatum | 13.04.2021 |
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Reihe/Serie | Edition transcript ; 9 |
Zusatzinfo | 37 SW-Abbildungen |
Verlagsort | Bielefeld |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 225 mm |
Gewicht | 542 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie |
Schlagworte | Aesthetics • consumption • Cultural Theory • Culture • Distinction • Economics • economy • Sociology • Sociology of Culture • Style |
ISBN-10 | 3-8376-5703-5 / 3837657035 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-8376-5703-6 / 9783837657036 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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Buch | Softcover (2024)
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