A Social and Economic Theory of Consumption

By Kaj Ilmonen

Book Overview

Foreword The Sociology of Consumption: A Brief History Markets and the Neo-Liberal Utopia of Omnipotent Markets Commodities and Consumption: General and Specific Features Want, Need and Commodity Consumption and the Necessary Economic Conditions for Consumption The Use and Meanings of Money Mechanisms of Consumption Choice and their General Cultural Framework Consumption as Ideological Discourse Consumption as Use: Our Relationship to Commodities

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349318736
• ISBN13: 9781349318735
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"