Consumption: Sociological-Historical Analysis and Conceptualization

  • Konstantin Belozyorov V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4, Svobody Square, Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine
  • Denis Serokurov V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4, Svobody Square, Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine
Keywords: consumption, welfare state, Karl Marx, Thorstein Veblen, Georg Simmel, Erich Fromm, Jean Baudrillard

Abstract

The article focuses on the analysis of consumption problems in the sociological discourse. The attention is focused on the historical and sociological analysis of the study of the problems of consumption. The basic theory, which focuses on consumer issues, sociologists and philosophers of different schools of thought. The paradigms are presented in the chronological order. The link between theoretical comprehension of consumption and contemporary situation in the current society is given.

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Author Biographies

Konstantin Belozyorov, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4, Svobody Square, Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine

MA student , belozyorovkonstantin@gmail.com

Denis Serokurov, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4, Svobody Square, Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine

MA student, serokurovjets@gmail.com 

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Published
2017-03-27
How to Cite
Belozyorov, K., & Serokurov, D. (2017). Consumption: Sociological-Historical Analysis and Conceptualization. Visnyk of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Series "Sociological Studies of Contemporary Society: Methodology, Theory, methods", 37, 96-99. Retrieved from https://periodicals.karazin.ua/ssms/article/view/8005
Section
Theoretical and Methodological Problems of Sociology