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From Consumption Alienation To Consumption Justice

Posted on:2013-03-28Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J ZouFull Text:PDF
GTID:2249330380474522Subject:Marxist philosophy
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Human consumption is limited to basic human survival and development,consumption is a legitimate phenomenon, however with the development of society, inparticular when capitalism after fusion of modern science and technology in the severalcenturies, consumption patterns from simple to luxury living, and by the currentConsumer steering ahead, and at the same time, consumer spending patterns ofconsumer attitudes have changed, and the consumer attitudes to further promote theconsumption of human survival and development concepts are changing, creating adomino effect, that effect human form and is of no help in good order, and livingresources and the community it has led to the kin, consumption is not rational, but ratherto the alienation of the survival of humanity in it.Consumption alienation is not a new category, it has historical reason, also is thehuman rationality and moral awakening manifestation, similarly, consumption justice asa new category, show than consumption alienation is more realistic effect onconsumption alienation, overcome itself is a kind of consumption justice, butconsumption justice and on consumption alienation is not overcome, shown on theconsumption of resources and reasonable arrangement, on consumption inequality isreasonable adjust.In the whole of the new camp, and Marxism on the consumer alienation,technology, labor alienation of alienation was particularly notable, including Omar,Flores, the grid, as well as Tony Blair from Ecology perspective, alienation and theconsumption of critical thinking ecological crisis. The new Marxist proposed to thealienation of consumption solution and coping methods.. If there is a concept ofaesthetic transfer to overcome alienation, but also a consumer advocate for humanitarian,eliminate consumption of alienation, and should be considered for autonomous workers’production, and the democratization of the role that the employees directly, in order tosuppress a consumer of alienation. We learn at the new Marx’s consumptiondissimilation theory essence should also reflect, on the one hand new Marxist alienationtheory of consumption with the theoretical value is extremely valuable in helping peopleto set up a green consumer attitudes, and, on the other hand, the new Marxist alienationtheory and consumption limitations, while they have a critical consumer alienation, butthat this criticism is still embodied a strong anthropocentric position, and theintergenerational justice, and ecological justice concerns, that is, not enough on theconsumer revolution to eliminate consumer alienation is not fundamentally solve theproblem.
Keywords/Search Tags:consumer alienation, consumer justice, the new Marxist, consumer criticism
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