The Dialectics of Shopping

2001-03

Author: Daniel Miller

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

ISBN: 0226526461

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 250

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This text explores the many contradictions faced by shoppers on a typical London street, and in the process offers a sophisticated examination of the way we shop, and what it reveals about our relationships to our families and communities, as well as to the environment and the economy as a whole.

The Dialectics of Shopping

2001-03

Author: Daniel Miller

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

ISBN: 9780226526485

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 237

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Shopping is generally considered to be a pleasurable activity. But in reality it can often be complicated and frustrating. Daniel Miller explores the many contradictions faced by shoppers on a typical street in London, and in the process offers a sophisticated examination of the way we shop, and what it reveals about our relationships to our families and communities, as well as to the environment and the economy as a whole. Miller's companions are mostly women who confront these contradictions as they shop. They placate their children with items that combine nutrition with taste or usefulness with style. They decide between shopping at the local store or at the impersonal, but less expensive, mall. They tell of their sympathy for environmental concerns but somehow avoid much ethical shopping. They are faced with a selection of shops whose shifts and mergers often reveal extraordinary stories of their own. Filled with entertaining—and thoroughly familiar—stories of shoppers and shops, this book will interest scholars across a broad range of disciplines.

The Dialectics of Shopping

2001-03-01

Author: Daniel Miller

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

ISBN: 0226526461

Category: Social Science

Page: 236

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Shopping is generally considered to be a pleasurable activity. But in reality it can often be complicated and frustrating. Daniel Miller explores the many contradictions faced by shoppers on a typical street in London, and in the process offers a sophisticated examination of the way we shop, and what it reveals about our relationships to our families and communities, as well as to the environment and the economy as a whole. Miller's companions are mostly women who confront these contradictions as they shop. They placate their children with items that combine nutrition with taste or usefulness with style. They decide between shopping at the local store or at the impersonal, but less expensive, mall. They tell of their sympathy for environmental concerns but somehow avoid much ethical shopping. They are faced with a selection of shops whose shifts and mergers often reveal extraordinary stories of their own. Filled with entertaining—and thoroughly familiar—stories of shoppers and shops, this book will interest scholars across a broad range of disciplines.

Anthropology Matters!

2007-02-01

Author: Shirley Fedorak

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

ISBN: 1442601086

Category: Social Science

Page: 268

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"This simple and accessible book highlights anthropology's relevance to students' everyday lives. Introductory students will love it!" - Todd Sanders, University of Toronto

Consumption and Its Consequences

2012-08-27

Author: Daniel Miller

Publisher: Polity

ISBN: 9780745661070

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 216

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This title brings together Miller's key writings on consumption, consumer capitalism and related topics.

Shopping Malls and Public Space in Modern China

2016-03-03

Author: Nicholas Jewell

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781317055143

Category: Architecture

Page: 296

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China’s rise as an economic superpower has been inescapable. Statistical hyperbole has been accompanied by a plethora of highly publicized architectural forms that brand the regeneration of its increasingly globalized urban centres. Despite the sizeable body of literature that has accompanied China’s modernization, the essence and trajectory of its contemporary cityscape remains difficult to grasp. This volume addresses a less explored aspect of China’s urban rejuvenation - the prominence of the shopping mall as a keystone of its public spaces. Here, the presence of the built form most representative of Western capitalism’s excess is one that makes explicit the tensions between China’s Communist state and its ascent within the ’free’ market. This book examines how these interrelationships are manifested in the culturally hybrid built form of the shopping mall and its role in contesting the ’public’ space of the modern Chinese city. By viewing these interrelationships as collisions of global and local narratives, a more nuanced understanding of the shopping mall typology is explored. Much architectural criticism has failed to address the levels of meaning implicit within the shopping mall, yet it is a building type whose public popularity has guaranteed its endurance. Consequently, if architecture is to remain a relevant social art, a more holistic understanding of this phenomenon will be indispensable to the process of adapting to globalizing forces. This examination of Chinese shopping malls offers a timely and relevant case study of what is happening in all our cities today.

Reinventing Physics: The Dialectical Debate In Physics

2018-03-07

Author: Dr. Patrick ODougherty

Publisher: Lulu.com

ISBN: 9781387646074

Category: Science

Page: 150

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Thesis, antithesis, synthesis resolve in complexity. The Marxist and Fuerback paradigm is too easy. Everything in nature has individual differences and variation. The Bardo of birth death the interim period and rebirth reflect the complexity paradigm. Alegebra has four principles the associative, distributive communitative laws and the inverse. Thes laws and paradigm reflect in this new dialectic Complexity.

Dickens and the Dialectic of Growth

1986

Author: Badri Raina

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

ISBN: 0299106101

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 200

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In his works, from Oliver Twist to Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens reveals a continuum of artistic as well as social development over a period of four decades. In this highly original study, Badri Raina relates Dickens' novels thoroughly to one another, illuminating the works by seeing them in terms of the author's changing social outlook, personal attitudes, and aesthetic practice. Raina's book will fascinate readers of Dickens, and will serve social historians as well. The unifying point of Raina's study is Dickens' ambivalence toward respectable Victorian bourgeois society; he criticized the bourgeois myths of unbridled success and achievement through aggressive individualism, yet wished to be a great success himself. Raina argues that Dickens projected this personal ambivalence through the creation of key characters and combinations of characters in his novels, creating also a continual movement toward self-awareness and self-criticism. This personal movement, argues Raina, found expression in a steady improvement in the quality of Dickens' art. Two of the most interesting issues in Dickens studies--that of his development as a novelist and that of his mass appeal in combination with towering aesthetic achievement--are both addressed thoroughly in this lucid and highly readable book. By following common threads of plot and character through the novels, Raina demonstrates how Dickens matured both socially and artistically, until in his last finished novel, Our Mutual Friend, social values that were earlier espoused (for instance, in Oliver Twist) were wholly and willingly rejected. Raina's critical procedure illuminates not just the career of a Victorian novelist, but one who embraces, traverses, and evaluates the social climate of a critical period of the nineteenth century.

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Bulimia

2009

Author: Ellen Astrachan-Fletcher

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

ISBN: 9781572246195

Category: Bulimia

Page: 206

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In The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Bulimia, two psychologists specializing in eating disorders and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) show readers how to regulate negative emotions and behaviors and overcome bulimia.

The Dialectic of Digital Culture

2019-08-01

Author: David Arditi

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

ISBN: 9781498589871

Category: Social Science

Page: 260

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This edited collection analyzes dialectically the role of digital technology in contemporary society. The contributors identify the cultural logics and oppressive forces reproduced in the digital era and challenge celebratory readings of digital technology.

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook

2019-10-01

Author: Matthew McKay

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

ISBN: 9781684034604

Category: Self-Help

Page: 296

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A clear and effective approach to learning evidence-based DBT skills—now in a fully revised and updated second edition. Do you have trouble managing your emotions? First developed by Marsha M. Linehan for treating borderline personality disorder, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has proven effective as treatment for a range of other mental health problems, and can greatly improve your ability to handle distress without losing control and acting destructively. However, to make use of these techniques, you need to build skills in four key areas: distress tolerance, mindfulness, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook, a collaborative effort from three esteemed authors, offers evidence-based, step-by-step exercises for learning these concepts and putting them to work for real and lasting change. Start by working on the introductory exercises and, after making progress, move on to the advanced-skills chapters. Whether you’re a mental health professional or a general reader, you'll benefit from this clear and practical guide to better managing your emotions. This fully revised and updated second edition also includes new chapters on cognitive rehearsal, distress tolerance, and self-compassion. Once you’ve completed the exercises in this book and are ready to move on to the next level, check out the authors’ new book, The New Happiness Workbook.

The Dialectical Meaning of Offshored Work

2019-08-12

Author: Miłosz Miszczyński

Publisher: BRILL

ISBN: 9789004411692

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 199

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The Dialectical Meaning of Offshored Work analyzes how offshoring investments function as a platform for intercultural encounters among corporate actors and local populations of hosting communities.

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