Existential consumption and irrational desire Richard Elliott University of Oxford‚ Oxford‚ UK If marketing is truly the “ultimate social practice of postmodern consumer culture” (Firat‚ 1993) then it carries the heavy burden of “determining the conditions and meanings of life for the future” (Firat and Venkatesh‚ 1993). Certainly‚ social theory is now focusing on consumption as playing a central role in the way the social world is constructed‚ and it can be argued that marketing is too important
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The Ancient Greek philosophers have played a pivotal role in the shaping of the western philosophical tradition. This article surveys the seminal works and ideas of key figures in the Ancient Greek philosophical tradition from the Presocratics to the Neoplatonists. It highlights their main philosophical concerns and the evolution in their thought from the sixth century BCE to the sixth century CE. The Ancient Greek philosophical tradition broke away from a mythological approach to explaining the
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University of Phoenix Material Introduction to Communication Worksheet Paragraph Questions Answer the following questions in your own words. Each response must be written as an academic paragraph of at least 150 words. Be clear and concise and provide explanations for your answers. Format your sources consistent with APA guidelines. 1. According to Introducing Communication Theory (2010)‚ what is the definition of communication? What does communication mean to you personally? Provide an example
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The very first line in the first part of the “Manifesto” states that: “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” By that he underlines his dialectic view of society and after a discussion on how production and commerce evolved in the last centuries he concludes that the modern bourgeoisie itself is a product of “a series of revolutions in the modes of production and exchange” . He characterizes
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Mr. Polazzo Injustice in our Society and in Ourselves What is justice is a question that has plagued philosophers since the time of Plato when he wrote The Republic to present day. In the book‚ Plato uses the dialectic‚ between Socrates and other Athenians like Polemarchus‚ Cephalus‚ and Glacuon‚ to try and find the definition of justice. Through the voice of Glaucon‚ Plato defines justice as a compromise of sorts between advantage and fear‚ and injustice as the
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believe that I may have a full understanding." God means the most perfect being that can be thought of. Therefore‚ God must exist‚ otherwise he would not be the most perfect conceivable being. For Peter Abelard: Abelard was a brilliant master of dialectics and ethics. He stress fully the value of human reason in
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To what extent was Lenin ‘heir to the Russian tradition of government’? Since the tsar‚ Lenin has taken the ‘throne’ and along with the Bolsheviks proceeded to turn Russia into a one-party state. It can be argued that Russia has remained almost unchanged in terms of government policies and its traditions this is shown by Lenin’s oppressive policies such as censorship. Lenin was not born into power and this shows he is in fact not an "heir" to Russian tradition. Similarly he had as little time
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Dion Mitchell Research paper Love vs. Lust The most prominent reason for examining Venus and Adonis in its historical context is that conceptions regarding love--and lust--in Elizabethan times were vastly different from those in modern times. As Russ McDonald notes in his Bedford Companion to Shakespeare‚ marriage frequently had little‚ if anything‚ to do with the degree of love shared by the partners in question. Especially among upper class families‚ who possessed capital and estates that
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in his book Meno‚ defines whether or not virtue can be taught. He does so by presenting two different characters; Meno is just a mere prop that Plato utilizes so that he could convey his real messages through Socrates. The book is written in the dialectic style and begins with Meno’s question if virtue is teachable. Socrates responds to Meno’s question by saying that in order to answer that question‚ one must first know whether virtue can be defined or not. Meno attempts three times to define virtue
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would work together for the good of the community. Thus‚ the society would be classless and stateless (Heilbroner 157). Marx’s theories about society‚ economics‚ and politics‚ commonly known as Marxism‚ say that all societies progress through the dialectic of class struggle. His theory of Marxism had three component parts: dialectical materialism‚ historical materialism‚ and Marxist economics (Sewell). It is a conflict between an ownership class‚ which controls production and a lower class which produces
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