The Production of Consumer Society Cultural-Economic Principles of Distinction Ernst Mohr

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mohr, Ernst <p>Ernst Mohr, Universität St. Gallen, Schweiz</p>, Author.

Series:

Edition Transcript

Edition transcript

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumption.

Aesthetics.

Style.

Culture.

Distinction.

Economy.

Sociology of Culture.

Cultural Theory.

Economics.

Sociology.

Local Subjects:

Consumption.

Aesthetics.

Style.

Culture.

Distinction.

Economy.

Sociology of Culture.

Cultural Theory.

Economics.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Mohr, The Production of Consumer Society Cultural-Economic Principles of Distinction

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Ernst Mohr is Professor emeritus of Economics at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. His research interests concern the interrelation between culture and consumption, addressing, among others, stylistic innovation, aesthetics and the economy, and taste as a driver of the consumer industry.

Summary:

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.

Besprochen in:Journal of Economic Literature, 60/1, (2022)

Contents:

Frontmatter

Content

Preface

Part 1: Culture of Dissimilarity

Chapter 1. Material

Chapter 2. Style

Chapter 3. Distant and Near Vision

PART 2: THE PRODUCTIVE CONSUMER

Introduction

Chapter 4. Inside Culture's Sorting Plant

Chapter 5. Social Volition and Cultural Prowess

Chapter 6. Cultural Selection

Chapter 7. Social Evolution

PART 3: THE STYLISH PRESENT DAY

Chapter 8. Cultural Juxtaposition and Stylistic Fertilisation

Chapter 9. Identity Industry

Chapter 10. The Added Value of Becoming

Bibliography

List of Figures

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783839457030

3839457033

OCLC:

1248759423