Commodity fetishism

A raw diamond mined in an area of loaded rivalry and traded illicitly to help fund rebellion groups are known as conflict diamonds or blood diamonds. Many people don’t realize that there are many diamonds today that are conflict diamonds. Many people may not realize that they are purchasing conflict diamonds because they are not aware of the conflicts in Sierra Leone and because the Kimberley Process may not fully guarantee that all certified diamonds are not from conflicted areas. Diamonds in…

Jean Baudrillard: Postmodernism 1] Historical Context Postmodern theory emerged at the end of the enlightenment period in Europe. The roots of postmodern theory are within the switch from traditional societies where magic and religion were the main sources of explanation for social phenomena to a new meta-narrative which was, science and ration thought. Meta-narratives are beliefs that offer people hope and guidance they are the “big story” and it represents an explanation for everything. A key…

To better understand the category of consumers who excessively consumerism, one will need to identify the four characteristic of a binge or excessive consumer. First, one who falls into excessive consumerism demonstrates difficulty building past history and therefore, they struggle to evaluate their actions for their future in terms of cost and benefit analysis (Biling 373). When a person purchases an iPhone 4s then a iPhone 5 the following year, buying the iPhone yearly starts to become a habit…

Karl Marx adopted a dialectical materialist basis to Marxist philosophy. This is to uncover and comprehend a continuous developing subject with a logical method and reasoning (Sabine & Thorson 1973 p.687). Marx’s theory of revolutionary subjectivity suggests that in order for a radical social change to occur, this will depend on three conditions (Harrison 2014 p. 21). The first condition regards the productive powers of labour. This looks into the features of labour with conscious life activity…

The importance of global ethical business responsibilities has gained recognition for many reasons. Today, companies have set standards for which they must go through in order to conduct a global business. For many, the motivation to earn a profit and transfer the capital is not the primary driver in doing business; rather it is the primary enabler of sustained activity (Freeman et al. 39). One’s decisions can be affected by establishment of personal qualities, including things such as moral…

pissed off." (Fight Club Hour 1) Tyler in this speech and many other speeches attacks the institutions of control that have been manipulated to render man into alienated labor. He attacks the advertising agency, that entices us of a form of commodity fetishism: or as the film calls it “ Ikea nesting instinct.” Fincher argues this demonstrates a frank dissatisfaction of the America they inherent, with its false pretext of the American dream, But argues for a more carnal and hedonistic approach to…

Political-economic paradigms are useful in analysis of a contemporary media arrangement and the role of media in political practices, both in a New Zealand context. In doing this some key issues are illuminated; the state of democratic process in New Zealand and how it is compromised or facilitated, the role of technology in politics, social values that are perpetuated through mainstream media, the significance of advertising and ultimately the relevance of understanding a variety of differing…

In modern day society, imagery and subtlety is bombarded upon the world’s population, forcing to a degree, to make people perceive life and others in the way media presents us and advertisers employ a powerful strategy to sell a sense of worth and value that is only attainable if you purchase the right products. 
Now, the idea of portraying and selling a sense of value is in essence saying that this worthiness can only be bought and conformity is of a requirement to achieve this value. But what…

Research Questions: The objective of this paper is to investigate animal welfare and cosmetology from a moral philosophical framework. Is animal testing universally unethical or contingent on circumstance? In particular, is animal testing considered unethical in the cosmetics industry? If so, how do corporate entities, governments, and citizens justify the production and purchase of cosmetic products tested on animals? Are corporations inherently wicked, are the psychopathic, innately selfish,…

Couples would stay together for the sake of convenience. Economic turmoil was held above all in marriages so no one really knew what a real relationship was like. This psychological tendency is something he called ‘commodity fetishism’ because it makes us value things with no object value. The worst thing about capitalism, according to Marx, is that it gives us the ideas and teaches us to be antsy, zealousness, traditionalist, and politically self-satisfied. Max Weber, separately…