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A Social and Economic Theory of Consumption

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  • © 2011

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Authors:
  1. Kaj Ilmonen
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Editors:
  1. Pekka Sulkunen

    1. University of Helsinki, Finland

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  2. Jukka Gronow

    1. Uppsala University, Sweden

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  3. Arto Noro

    1. University of Helsinki, Finland

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  4. Keijo Rahkonen

    1. University of Helsinki, Finland

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  5. Alan Warde

    1. University of Manchester, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Sociology of Consumption: a Brief History

    • Kaj Ilmonen
    Pages 1-9

  3. Markets and the Neo-liberal Utopia of Omnipotent Markets

    • Kaj Ilmonen
    Pages 10-34

  4. Commodities and Consumption: General and Specific Features

    • Kaj Ilmonen
    Pages 35-44

  5. Want, Need and Commodity

    • Kaj Ilmonen
    Pages 45-72

  6. Consumption and the Necessary Economic Conditions for Consumption

    • Kaj Ilmonen
    Pages 73-81

  7. The Use and Meanings of Money

    • Kaj Ilmonen
    Pages 82-100

  8. Mechanisms of Consumption Choice and Their General Cultural Framework

    • Kaj Ilmonen
    Pages 101-161

  9. Consumption As Ideological Discourse

    • Kaj Ilmonen
    Pages 162-183

  10. Consumption As Use: Our Relationship to Commodities

    • Kaj Ilmonen
    Pages 184-204

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 205-237
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About this book

Kaj Ilmonen was a pioneer in the third wave of the sociology of consumption. This book provides a balanced overview of the sociology of consumption, arguing that the enthusiasm of 'the third wave' exaggerated the role of the symbolic and imaginary at the expense of the materiality of human societies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Helsinki, Finland

    Pekka Sulkunen, Arto Noro, Keijo Rahkonen

  • Uppsala University, Sweden

    Jukka Gronow

  • University of Manchester, UK

    Alan Warde

About the editors

Alan Warde is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester.

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