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Consumption: A Sociological Analysis

Consumption: A Sociological Analysis

Paperback

Series: Consumption and Public Life

EconomicsAnthropologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 134971786X
ISBN13: 9781349717866
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Apr 4 2019
Pages: 261
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.58 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book critically reviews recent social scientific investigations of consumption, a controversial topic with moral overtones, and of popular public interest and political and economic significance. The author explores how consumption affects personal identity and social position, developing a sociological analysis using theories of practice to account for everyday consumption, its role in the social order, and its consequences for environmental sustainability. The book offers a controversial analysis which explains consumption not in terms of the purchasing of commodities but of the organization and coordination of daily practices.

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