Miller, Daniel, 1954-

Material culture and mass consumption / Daniel Miller. - viii, 240 pages ; 23 cm. - Social archaeology . - Social archaeology. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Objectification : -- Introduction -- Hegel and objectification -- Marx : objectification as rupture -- Munn : objectification as culture -- Simmel : objectification as modernity -- Material culture : -- The humility of objects -- Artefacts in their contexts -- Mass consumption : -- The study of consumption -- Object domains, ideology and interests -- Towards a theory of consumption. Part I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part II. 6. 7. Part III. 8. 9. 10.

"This book sets out to investigate the relationship between society and material culture, and to assess the consequences of the enourmous increase in industrial production over the last century."--Page 3.

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Social archaeology--Philosophy
Material culture.
Consumption (Economics)
Object (Philosophy)

CC72.4 / .M55 1987

306.46