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A Social and Economic Theory of ConsumptionConsumption As Use: Our Relationship to Commodities

A Social and Economic Theory of Consumption: Consumption As Use: Our Relationship to Commodities [If consumption mechanisms and discourses about consumption also influence our use of goods, they can shed only limited light on the basics of those everyday uses. In this final chapter I intend to look more closely at consumption as use, giving special focus to the co-existence of consumer and commodity, which lies at the very heart of the event of use. My aim is to create a general framework for the everyday use of commodities, a ‘theory of use’, if you like, and at the same time demonstrate that commodities are central to the functioning of our social networks.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Social and Economic Theory of ConsumptionConsumption As Use: Our Relationship to Commodities

Editors: Sulkunen, Pekka; Gronow, Jukka; Noro, Arto; Rahkonen, Keijo; Warde, Alan
Ilmonen, Kaj
A Social and Economic Theory of Consumption — Aug 31, 2015
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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011
ISBN
978-1-349-31873-5
Pages
184 –204
DOI
10.1057/9780230295339_9
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Abstract

[If consumption mechanisms and discourses about consumption also influence our use of goods, they can shed only limited light on the basics of those everyday uses. In this final chapter I intend to look more closely at consumption as use, giving special focus to the co-existence of consumer and commodity, which lies at the very heart of the event of use. My aim is to create a general framework for the everyday use of commodities, a ‘theory of use’, if you like, and at the same time demonstrate that commodities are central to the functioning of our social networks.]

Published: Aug 31, 2015

Keywords: Object Relation; Loss Aversion; Knowledge Society; Petrol Station; Football Club

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