Overview
- Applies Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams to consumption society and its subjects
- Explores how consumerism invades human subjectivity
- Challenges readers to rethink how we live under consumerism
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theoretical Framework
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Subjectivity, the Unconscious and Consumerism is a unique and imaginative psycho-sociological exploration of how postmodern, contemporary consumerism invades and colonises human subjectivity. Investigating especially consumerism’s unconscious aspects such as desires, imagination, and fantasy, it engages with an extensive analysis of dreams. The author frames these using a synthesis of Jungian psychology and the social imaginaries of Baudrillard and Bauman, in a dialogue with the theories of McDonaldization and Disneyization. The aim is to broaden our understanding of consumerism to include the perennial consumption of symbols and signs of identity - a process which is the basis for the fabrication of the commodified self. The book offers a profound, innovative critique of our consumption societies, challenging readers to rethink how we live, and how our identities are impacted by consumerism. As such it will be of interest to students and scholars of critical psychology, psychoanalysis, sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, but is also accessible to anyone interested in the complex psychology of contemporary subjectivity.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Marlon Xavier is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil, and gained his PhD in Social Psychology at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain. He was previously a visiting research fellow at The Bauman Institute, University of Leeds, UK, and also at LACCOS - the Social Psychology of Cognition and Communication Lab at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Subjectivity, the Unconscious and Consumerism
Book Subtitle: Consuming Dreams
Authors: Marlon Xavier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96824-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96823-0Published: 25 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07257-5Published: 28 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96824-7Published: 17 September 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 375
Topics: Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Methods/Evaluation, Psychoanalysis, Community and Environmental Psychology, Sociology of Culture