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| Author: | Reith, G. |
| Title: | Consumption and its discontents: addiction, identity and the problems of freedom |
| Journal: | British Journal of Sociology
2004 : JUN, VOL. 55:2, p. 283-300 |
| Index terms: | Consumption Sociology Philosophy |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The paper focuses on the notion of 'addictive consumption'. It examines the discursive convergences and conflicts btw. practices of consumption and notions of addiction, which it notes are consistently represented in terms of the oppositional categories of self-control vs. compulsion and freedom vs. determinism. These interrelations are explored with reference to the development of notions of addiction, and their relation to shifting configurations of identity, subjectivity and governance. Finally, it suggests that the notion of 'addiction' has particular valence in advanced liberal societies. |
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