Culture of the Slow

Social Deceleration in an Accelerated World
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-230-29976-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 3648 g

Reihe: Consumption and Public Life

Across the world, there has been a growing dissatisfaction with the tempo of modern life. Described simply as the 'slow phenomenon', this volume explores this new brand of living that entails not simply slowing down but an embracing of alternative activities that promote meaning, thoughtfulness, engagement and authenticity.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Osbaldiston, N.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Time of Consumption; Kim Humphery 2. From Fast Fashion to Connected Consumption: Slowing Down the Spending Treadmill; Juliet B. Schor 3. You Eat What You Are: Cultivated Taste and the Pursuit of Authenticity in the Slow Food Movement; Charles Lindholm and Siv B. Lie. 4. Consuming Space Slowly: Reflections on Authenticity, Place and the Self; Nicholas Osbaldiston 5. Alternative Hedonism: The World by Bicycle; Martin Ryle and Kate Soper 6. Downshifting or Conspicuous Consumption? A Sociological Examination of Tree Change as a Manifestation of Slow Culture; Angela Ragusa 7. Sensuality, Sexuality, and the Eroticism of Slowness; Barnaby B. Barratt 8. Creativity Takes Time, Critique Needs Space: Re-Working the Political Investment of the Consumer through Pleasure; Roberta Sassatelli

Über Autor(innen)

Barnaby B. Barratt, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Kim Humphery, RMIT University, Australia
Siv Lie, New York University, USA

Charles Lindholm, Boston University, USA

Angela Ragusa, Charles Sturt University (CSU), Australia
Martin Ryle, University of Sussex, UK
Roberta Sassatelli, University of Milan, Italy
Juliet B. Schor, Boston College, USA

Kate Soper, London Metropolitan University, UK