Name: The Production of Consumer Society
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SKU: 9783837657036
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The Production of Consumer Society

By (author): Ernst Mohr

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Published: 19-Apr-2021
ISBN: 9783837657036

Paperback
340 Pages

Subjects:
Consumerism
Cultural studies
Media studies
Social theory
Popular culture
Sociology: work & labour
Poverty & unemployment
Political science & theory
Food & society
Globalization
Age groups: adolescents
Sociology
Social mobility
General & world history
Postwar 20th century history
from c 1945 to c 2000
Political structure & processes
Politics & government
Constitution: government & the state
Political activism
Economic theory & philosophy
Labour economics
Media
information & communication industries
Central government policies
Political economy

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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.) lehrte an der Universität St. Gallen Ökonomie und promovierte an der London School of Economics. Seine Forschung führte ihn von der Ressourcen- und Umweltökonomie zur Kulturökonomie. Er publizierte u.a. zu den Triebkräften der Konsumgesellschaft.