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 95
... productivist ' scheme upon the archaic ' economies ' we will end up with evaluative categorization of productive vs. consumptive activities . But it is still our scheme and not the ' other's ' . Bataille's ' dépense ' On the other hand ...
... productivist ' scheme upon the archaic ' economies ' we will end up with evaluative categorization of productive vs. consumptive activities . But it is still our scheme and not the ' other's ' . Bataille's ' dépense ' On the other hand ...
Page 99
... productivist ' ( the physiocrats and especially the British classical political economy ) – dis- courses on production and consumption . Now luxury , in the sense of supplementarity or excess , is rationalized and neutralized as ...
... productivist ' ( the physiocrats and especially the British classical political economy ) – dis- courses on production and consumption . Now luxury , in the sense of supplementarity or excess , is rationalized and neutralized as ...
Page 101
... productivist principle of capital . This may , however , be conceived as a continuation of the old luxury discourse for the reason that it starts from the thematization of luxury as a transgression of Law . And in fact it is linked to ...
... productivist principle of capital . This may , however , be conceived as a continuation of the old luxury discourse for the reason that it starts from the thematization of luxury as a transgression of Law . And in fact it is linked to ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Body Self and Culture | 10 |
Corporeality and History | 45 |
Copyright | |
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