The Consuming BodyThis book provides a fascinating examination of the relationship between consumption, the idea of the body and the formation of the self. In tracing these connections, The Consuming Body develops a profile of individuality in the late twentieth century - in both its bodily and mental aspects. Pasi Falk offers a major synthesis and critical assessment of the debates surrounding the body, the self and contemporary consumer culture. The author explores two fundamental issues for modern social theory - the delineation of modern consumption and the body's historically changing position in various cultural orders. In the course of his argument he examines both metaphors of consumption and investigates the issues of representation i |
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Page 98
... definition which is to be found , according to Sekora , both in the writings of early Jewish commentators and the English political orators of the eighteenth century . In other words , luxury is defined as transgressive desire ...
... definition which is to be found , according to Sekora , both in the writings of early Jewish commentators and the English political orators of the eighteenth century . In other words , luxury is defined as transgressive desire ...
Page 100
... definition is dependent on the historical and moral factors determining norms for ' human life ' and its requirements , the definitions of the necessary determine the limit to be more or less above the physical minimum – a notion which ...
... definition is dependent on the historical and moral factors determining norms for ' human life ' and its requirements , the definitions of the necessary determine the limit to be more or less above the physical minimum – a notion which ...
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... define what is really needed but they differ in one essential respect . The discourse on human needs seeks universal and natural norms while the economic labour - costs discourse restricts itself ( by definition ) to the wage labourers ...
... define what is really needed but they differ in one essential respect . The discourse on human needs seeks universal and natural norms while the economic labour - costs discourse restricts itself ( by definition ) to the wage labourers ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Body Self and Culture | 10 |
Corporeality and History | 45 |
Copyright | |
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