Consuming Symbolic Goods - Couverture souple

 
9780415491389: Consuming Symbolic Goods
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 041549138X ISBN 13 : 9780415491389
Editeur : Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

The phenomenon of consumption has increasingly drawn attention from economists. While the 'sole purpose of production is consumption', as Adam Smith has claimed, economists have up to recently generally ignored the topic.

This book brings together a range of different perspectives on the topic of consumption that will finally shed the necessary light on a largely neglected theme, such as

  • Why is the consumption of symbolic goods different than that of goods that are not constitutive of individuals' identity?
  • How does the consumption of symbolic goods affect social processes and economic phenomena?
  • Will taking consumption (of symbolic goods) seriously impact economics itself?

The book discusses these issues theoretically, and, through analyses of such cases as food, religion, fashion, empirically as well. It also discusses the possible role in the future of consumption.

This book was previously published as a special issue of Review of Social Economy

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À propos de l?auteur

Wilfred Dolfsma is both an economist and philosopher and holds a PhD in the former. He is attached to the Utrecht School of Economics as an Associate Professor, to Maastricht University (UNU-MERIT) as a professorial fellow, and is corresponding editor for the Review of Social Economy. He has won the Hellen Potter best article award and the Gunnar Myrdal best book award. His research interests are the interrelations between economy, society and technology. He has published on various aspects of media industries, feminist economics as well as on globalisation, and the developments in and effects of IPR. In addition, as an institutional economist, Dolfsma does research in the history and methodology of economics, and consumption.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
041549138X
ISBN 13 
9780415491389
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
162
Éditeur
Dolfsma Wilfred
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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9780415456364: Consuming Symbolic Goods

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ISBN 10 :  0415456363 ISBN 13 :  9780415456364
Editeur : Routledge, 2007
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