The Production of Consumer Society: Cultural-Economic Principles of Distinction

Abstract: With a novel quality theory of consumption which treats opulence and self-restraint in consumption styles symmetrically, the author 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

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9783839457030
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 337 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Edition transcript ; Bd. 9

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Konsumgesellschaft ; Milieu ; Verbraucherverhalten ; Geschmack ; Lebensstil ; Markenimage ; Marketingstrategie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2021
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Bielefeld
• (who): transcript Verlag
• (when): 2021
• Creator: Mohr, Ernst

Further information

• DOI: 10.14361/9783839457030
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-76184-2
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:54 PM CET