Module Title
Production and Consumption in Everyday Life
Keywords
Rationality, McDonaldisation, Consumerism, Work, Aura, Authenticity and Alienation. |
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Prerequisites for Module
None.
Corequisite Modules
None.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
To discuss how modernity has affected production and consumption both for individuals and society.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Summarise trends within production and consumption.
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Discuss an issue relating to production and consumption in modernity.
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Relate the discussion on production and consumption in modernity to appropriate theorists and evidence.
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Indicative Module Content
The legacy of the Enlightenment Project.
Rationality versus irrationality.
Bauman and modernity.
Benjamin and aura.
McDonaldisation, Disney and society.
Mafesoli versus Mestrovic and post-emotionalism.
Marx and alienation.
The Protestant work ethic and the romantic consumption ethic.
| Sociology of the body.
Globalisation and the subsuming of local traditions.
Anti-capitalism and other resistance and escape strategies.
Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Full Time | Workshops
| 20 | Directed Group Study
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Directed Study
| | Directed Study
| 50 |
Private Study
| | Private Study
| 60 |
Mode of Delivery
A student centred approach involving workshops and use of media materials.
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Coursework | 1,2,3
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The coursework assessment will be in the format of a half-hour presentation on a selected topic that will be agreed with the module co-ordinator.
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | CORRIGAN, P., 1997. The Sociology of Consumption: an Introduction. London: Sage
| | 2. | GRINT, K., 2000. Work and Society: A Reader. Cambridge: Polity Press.
| | 3. | MESTROVIC, S., 1997. Post-emotional Society. Sage.
| | 4. | RITZER, G., 2000. The McDonaldization of Society. Thousand Oaks, C A: Pine Forge Press.
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