Identity and personality in consumer culture. The prospect of Zygmunt Bauman Cover Image

Tożsamość i osobowość człowieka w kulturze konsumpcyjnej. Perspektywa baumanowska
Identity and personality in consumer culture. The prospect of Zygmunt Bauman

Author(s): Damian Kutyła
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Social Philosophy, Sociology
Published by: Fundacja „dzień dobry! kolektyw kultury”
Keywords: identity; personality; Zygmunt Bauman; consumer culture; postmodernity

Summary/Abstract: Identity and human personality in the time of postmodern have a new meaning. It is a new consumer product. This thesis shows an essential view of identity as a brand, its multidimensionality and isolate patterns that created personal consumer culture. Polish philosopher and sociologist Zygmunt Bauman shows four main patterns: cars - walkers, wanderers, tourists and players. Other important patterns personal twen-ty-first century are homo consumerus and homo maller.

  • Issue Year: 6/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 123-149
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Polish