Consumption and Identity (Studies in Anthropology & History)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge; Harwood Acadmeic Publishers
Published: January 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9783718655922
Subjects: Anthropology; Consumer issues; Cultural studies; Anthropology - Cultural; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Education; Sociology; Consumers; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Social Science / Anthropology / General
First sentence: Before examining the treatment of motives in the works of these theorists it is worth reviewing the grounds for insisting on the importance of motivational forms of explanation of historical events and for rejecting the claim that understanding can be obtained without any reference to subjective meaning.