The economy of consumption as a socio-theoretical proposal
We propose the concept of "economy of consumption" as a way of examining the multiple effects of contemporary consumption. We present an interdisciplinary approach to the factors and social processes that have configured Puerto Rico as an economy of consumption. If one considers the specif...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Catalan |
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2007-11-01
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| Series: | Athenea Digital |
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| Online Access: | http://psicologiasocial.uab.es/athenea/index.php/atheneaDigital/article/view/368/364 |
| Summary: | We propose the concept of "economy of consumption" as a way of examining the multiple effects of contemporary consumption. We present an interdisciplinary approach to the factors and social processes that have configured Puerto Rico as an economy of consumption. If one considers the specific ways in which modernization has affected the country, as well as the social transformations it has undergone in recent decades, one can take a contextual view of Puerto Rico as an economy of consumption. The transformations of capital and the inscription within consumption itself, as an order of signification, are the hermeneutic keys of this analysis. |
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| ISSN: | 1578-8946 1578-8946 |