Uncovering the Relationship between Materialism, Status Consumption and Impulsive Buying: Newfound Status of Islamists in Turkey

Islam is often associated with anti-consumerism. This study, suggests that a new elite with explicitly Islamist dispositions is being constructed in Turkey and aims to provide evidence that these elites build their identity through consumption that reflects its newfound status which leads to impulsi...

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Published in:Journal for the study of religions and ideologies
Main Author: Yeniaras, Volkan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: CEEOL [2016]
In: Journal for the study of religions and ideologies
Year: 2016, Volume: 15, Issue: 44, Pages: 153-177
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Turkey / Islam / Materialism / Consumer behavior / Social status / Purchase / Impulsivität
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
BJ Islam
Further subjects:B impulsive buying
B Islamism
B status consumption tendencies
B Social Class
B Materialism
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