Overview
- Reconsideration in the current crisis of consumer theory
- Recalibrating consumer research by reflecting on recent history of consumer theory
- Foundations for a contemporary and sustainable understanding of consumption and consumers
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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In Search of Individual Satisfaction
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In Search of Environmental Sustainability
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About this book
This volume offers contributions on the fundamentals of current consumption theory and consumption research, which have developed almost entirely from originally unorthodox approaches against traditional micro- and macroeconomic theory. The inspiration came mainly from social economic behavioural research and ecological economics. But the reception is very patchy and the history is largely forgotten. With reference to the work of earlier authors, new arguments are offered to the current discussion about delimitations and paradoxes in consumption and the still narrowly understood consumer role. It is as much about rework in sharpening the understanding of consumption and consumers in their lifeworlds as it is about indications of fruitfulness for the analysis of open questions. It is about arguments for a paradigmatic reorientation of consumer research and policy. The contributions address in particular ambivalences, options and future modes in consumption in the search for individual satisfaction and ecological sustainability.
This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
In 2013, Prof. Dr. Michael-Burkhard Piorkowsky initiated the project "Konsumtheorie neu denken" and the "Bamberger Manifest für ein neues Verbraucherverständnis".
Prof. Dr. Karl Kollmann was able to win over the Austrian members of the "Bamberger Gruppe" and together with them established the "Schriftenreihe Kritische Verbraucherforschung".
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Headstrong and Unorthodox Pioneers for a Critical Theory of Consumption
Book Subtitle: Contributions from Economics and Social Sciences
Editors: Michael-Burkhard Piorkowsky, Karl Kollmann
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-42050-5
Publisher: Springer Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-42049-9Published: 29 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-42050-5Published: 28 August 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 176
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Sociological Theory, Research Methodology, Market Research/Competitive Intelligence