The Production of Consumer Society
Cultural-Economic Principles of Distinction
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.
Overview Chapters
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Frontmatter
Seiten 1 - 4 -
Content
Seiten 5 - 10 -
Preface
Seiten 11 - 12 -
Part 1: Culture of Dissimilarity
Chapter 1. Material
Seiten 15 - 46 -
Chapter 2. Style
Seiten 47 - 66 -
Chapter 3. Distant and Near Vision
Seiten 67 - 96 -
PART 2: THE PRODUCTIVE CONSUMER
Introduction
Seiten 98 - 100 -
Chapter 4. Inside Culture's Sorting Plant
Seiten 101 - 132 -
Chapter 5. Social Volition and Cultural Prowess
Seiten 133 - 172 -
Chapter 6. Cultural Selection
Seiten 173 - 192 -
Chapter 7. Social Evolution
Seiten 193 - 216 -
PART 3: THE STYLISH PRESENT DAY
Introduction
Seite 218 -
Chapter 8. Cultural Juxtaposition and Stylistic Fertilisation
Seiten 219 - 252 -
Chapter 9. Identity Industry
Seiten 253 - 272 -
Chapter 10. The Added Value of Becoming
Seiten 273 - 308 -
Bibliography
Seiten 309 - 320 -
List of Figures
Seiten 321 - 322 -
Index
Seiten 323 - 340
19 April 2021, 340 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8376-5703-6
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