THE CULTURE OF CONSUMPTION AS A CULTURE OF LIBERATION? CRITICISM OF CONSUMERISM AND SOCIETY BASED ON FASHION

• Authors: Szlendak T. , Pietrowicz K.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Consumer society is usually the object of attacks within the social sciences - sometimes even vicious ones. In this text, a different vision of consumerism is presented. The authors, basing themselves on the concept of Gilles Lipovetsky, argue that consumer culture may be treated as a culture of freedom. They attempt to develop Lipovetsky's thesis, which links consumerism with fashion. The text's aim is thus to turn our attention to the subject of fashion as an important sociological category, particularly in connection with consumer society and freedom. The authors also strive to delineate the various possibilities that result from it, such as the idea that society based on fashion allows us to reformulate the classical opposition of tradition versus modernity.

Keywords

EN

CONSUMERISM; CUSTOMS; FASHION

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
• Journal: Kultura i Społeczeństwo
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 49
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 85-108
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Szlendak T.

author

Pietrowicz K.

• T. Szlendak, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Instytut Socjologii, ul. Mickiewicza 121, 87-100 Torun, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA00681706