The Structure of Hip Consumerism  

Oleh:

Heath, Joseph

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Philosophy & Social Criticism vol. 27 no. 6 (Nov. 2001), page 1–17.
Topik: advertising ; consumerism ; cool ; ideology ; prisoner’s dilemma ; Thomas Frank
Fulltext: 1PSC276.pdf (73.45KB)

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Critics of mass culture often identify 1950s-style status competition as one of the central forces driving consumerism. Thomas Frank has challenged this view, arguing that countercultural rebellion now provides the primary source of consumerism in our society, and that ‘cool’ has become its central ideological expression. This paper provides a rearticulation and defense of Frank’s thesis, first identifying consumerism as a type of collective action problem, then showing how the ‘hip consumer’ is one who adopts a free-rider strategy in this context.

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