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...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
2015
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In: |
Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Pages: 447-460 |
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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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 |