Fetishism and narcissism – the base of capitalism?
This article tries to resume Karl Marx’ concept of “commodity fetishism”, not just as a phenomenon of conscience, but as being the real heart of capitalist society based on abstract labor and value, money and commodity. This concept is often misunderstood, as well as the concept of “narcissism”. Fol...
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| description | This article tries to resume Karl Marx’ concept of “commodity fetishism”, not just as a phenomenon of conscience, but as being the real heart of capitalist society based on abstract labor and value, money and commodity. This concept is often misunderstood, as well as the concept of “narcissism”. Following Freud and Christopher Lasch, the article underlines the sociological side of narcissism and how this pathology is the psychological counterpart to commodity fetishism, forming thus the typical subjectivity of consumerism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24d8fd00a3204026a204f93b15dca4682022-12-21T23:58:42ZspaUniversidad de AntioquíaEstudios de Filosofía0121-36282256-358X2020-07-016216517310.17533/udea.ef.n62a09Fetishism and narcissism – the base of capitalism?Anselm Jappe0Accademia di Belle Arti di SassariThis article tries to resume Karl Marx’ concept of “commodity fetishism”, not just as a phenomenon of conscience, but as being the real heart of capitalist society based on abstract labor and value, money and commodity. This concept is often misunderstood, as well as the concept of “narcissism”. Following Freud and Christopher Lasch, the article underlines the sociological side of narcissism and how this pathology is the psychological counterpart to commodity fetishism, forming thus the typical subjectivity of consumerism.https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/estudios_de_filosofia/article/view/340719philosophyhumanitiescritical theorycapitalismnarcissismfetishismmarxism |
| spellingShingle | Anselm Jappe Fetishism and narcissism – the base of capitalism? Estudios de Filosofía philosophy humanities critical theory capitalism narcissism fetishism marxism |
| title | Fetishism and narcissism – the base of capitalism? |
| title_full | Fetishism and narcissism – the base of capitalism? |
| title_fullStr | Fetishism and narcissism – the base of capitalism? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fetishism and narcissism – the base of capitalism? |
| title_short | Fetishism and narcissism – the base of capitalism? |
| title_sort | fetishism and narcissism the base of capitalism |
| topic | philosophy humanities critical theory capitalism narcissism fetishism marxism |
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