The Consuming BodySAGE Publications, 1994 M11 11 - 256 páginas This 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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... rational and the non- rational as in for example Talcott Parsons ' concept of the pattern variables , one can detect the legacy of Tönnies . In Pasi Falk's hands , this Gemeinschaft / Gesellschaft distinction is transformed into a ...
... rational and the non- rational as in for example Talcott Parsons ' concept of the pattern variables , one can detect the legacy of Tönnies . In Pasi Falk's hands , this Gemeinschaft / Gesellschaft distinction is transformed into a ...
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... rational world . The grounds on which the duality of reason and body is based differ radically from those behind the traditional Christian duality of body and soul . The latter , with a growing loss of ambivalence , looks increasingly ...
... rational world . The grounds on which the duality of reason and body is based differ radically from those behind the traditional Christian duality of body and soul . The latter , with a growing loss of ambivalence , looks increasingly ...
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... rational being maximizing not only need satisfaction and economic utility but also social ' goods ' ( prestige , status ) or as an irrational hedonist driven by an endless craving for immediate pleasure . Both attempt to locate a rational ...
... rational being maximizing not only need satisfaction and economic utility but also social ' goods ' ( prestige , status ) or as an irrational hedonist driven by an endless craving for immediate pleasure . Both attempt to locate a rational ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Body Self and Culture | 10 |
Corporeality and History | 45 |
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