Consumerism as Folk Religion: Transcendence, Probation and Dissatisfaction with Capitalism
Consumerism will be understood as a ‘folk religion’, as a contemporary everyday way to make sense of and deal with transcendence. Contrary to longstanding critiques I will argue that consumerism also carries an ethical potential that comes into conflict with the results of the capitalist order of pr...
| Published in: | Studies in Christian ethics |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Sage
2015
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| In: |
Studies in Christian ethics
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy NCE Business ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Saint Augustine
B Consumerism B Islam B Guy Debord B Sociology B Transcendence B Human Rights B Christianity B Capitalism |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Consumerism will be understood as a ‘folk religion’, as a contemporary everyday way to make sense of and deal with transcendence. Contrary to longstanding critiques I will argue that consumerism also carries an ethical potential that comes into conflict with the results of the capitalist order of production. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946814565984 |