Subjectivity, the Unconscious and Consumerism

Subjectivity, the Unconscious and Consumerism

Consuming Dreams

Xavier, Marlon

Springer International Publishing AG

09/2018

375

Dura

Inglês

9783319968230

15 a 20 dias

647

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1. Introduction.- PART I. Theoretical framework.- 2. Symbolic imaginaries and the subject.- 3. Symbolic imaginaries: The world of dreams.- 4. The ImCon as a semiotic imaginary: Consumption dreams and the subject as consumer.- 5. The ImCon as simulacrum of symbolic imaginary: Dream-worlds of consumption and the subject as commodity.- 6. Dreamscapes: The dream-worlds of shopping malls, McDonald's, and Disneyland.- PART II. Empirical study.- 7. Method.- 8. Interpretation and discussion.- 9. All that is sacred (and symbolic) is commodified: The McChurch (TM) Dreams.- 10. Disneyized dreams: Imaginary models of simulation.- 11. Dreaming in the temples of consumption: Shopping malls and department stores dreams.- 12. Conclusions.
colonization;consumerism;social psychology;dream interpretation;capitalism;consumption;unconscious psyche;allegory;symbolic fantasy;collective consciousness;ego consciousness;Jungian theory;McDonaldization;Disneyization;Jungian hermeneutics