Commodity fetishism

We live in a time where significant change has been made through the use of technology. No area of life has been unaffected, pregnancy included. Ever since Ian Donald used sonar to see a fetus inside of the womb in the 1950s, ultrasound technology has been utilized to examine the development of fetuses (Tropp 2013, 19). When it became apparent that there was a high demand for visual imaging technologies in pregnancy the ultrasound began to emerge as a routine practice to monitor pregnancy. With…

While many might not realize, different types of oppressions are often tied together, in a way where one oppression can directly or indirect affect another. Most of us would recognize the oppression towards animals when we consume meat; however, almost none of us note the workers behind the scene who are also oppressed. Torres (2007) and Hawthorne (2011) explore the oppression toward humans and nonhuman animals in this capitalist society that are hidden from the public. Although both articles go…

and has a neutral meaning: the mere act of selling a product. In other words, it designates the action by which a product is transferred to the purchaser. Entäußerung, translated as alienation, indicates the seller's action, to the extent that the commodity, as a result of the exchange, no longer belongs to him. Yet, this process is distorted by capitalism. That is why the meaning of Entäußerung slides toward the idea of dispossession. The alienation of the labourer in his product involves,…

website. In their early days they took on the auto industry, the fashion industry, television in general, and over consumption. Since then, the Adbusters Media Foundation has critiqued societies obsession with technology, the food industry, commodity fetishism, government, and…

For my collections project, I made my choices based off of my appreciation for the aesthetic values of the pieces. For either their minimalism or their maximalism, something about the works appeals to my sensibilities. The Farnsworth was the first piece I wrote about extensively. After visiting the historic property several years ago, I have been captivated by its remarkable simplicity. The serenity of its setting in tandem with the exquisite design have kept my mind dwelling on Dr.…

Popular culture is an ambiguous and fluid concept with no absolute definition, so far. Many theorists have studied popular culture and have come to different conclusions, by critically analysing The Frankfurt school of thought alongside the Culturalist school of thought an argument will be made towards which is more useful to the study of popular culture. Using relevant case studies to aid in the argument. The Frankfurt School (1923) stemmed from classical Marxist ideology. This group of…

Naomi Klein states that in modern socioeconomic structures, consumers and workers are beginning to have “no space,” “no choice,” and, “no jobs.” Expounding upon this, she says that the goal of corporations is to make the entire public sphere a place to market their products. Then, Klein describes how modern society is not natural, but rather heavily regulated by corporations. Finally, corporations are explained as controllers of the global workforce, in essence turning workers into a means of…

has changed minimally in comparison to that presented in the industrial revolution. We live in a world that depends so heavily on material possession as a means of comfort, ability, self-expression, and so on. Humanity has become so dependent on commodities that we all find ourselves purchasing to form our identities and consuming on the means of conspicuous consumption. On top of this, one could go even as far to say that society has begun to commodify humanity through the alienating processes…

likely. The first is that the sharing economy makes the social aspect of production highly apparent as members of the proletariat are exchanging their labor directly with one another rather than value being “stored up” in commodities and therefore obscured by commodity fetishism. When laborers exchange their labor directly with one another, even as surplus value is being extracted from them, they are more likely to recognize that they are mutually subordinated by the bourgeoisie and class…

Communications Questions: (281)Question 1: One of the most important :”historical shifts” of the “self” is defined by Hegel’s analysis of external world and the sympathetic relationship between people that identified a collective identity. In this manner, no “individual” could live in isolation, which demanded a far more interconnected understanding of the self as a form of identity paradigm in a historical context. Hegel (1807) defined a major analytical approach to understanding the self…