The Problem of Subjectivity in Historical and Actual Processes of the Demonstrative Consumption Manifestation in the Everyday Life in Russian Society

  • Ilya V. Pechkurov South of Russia Branch of Federal Research Sociological Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Rostov-on-Don i.pechkurov@gmail.com
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Pechkurov I.V. The Problem of Subjectivity in Historical and Actual Processes of the Demonstrative Consumption Manifestation in the Everyday Life in Russian Society. Humanities of the South of Russia. 2017. Vol. 6. No. 6. P. 251-258. DOI: https://doi.org/10.23683/2227-8656.2017.6.22 (in Russ.).

Abstract

The article analyzes the problem of subjectivity in historical and actual processes of manifestation of demonstrative consumption in the everyday life in Russian society. It is shown that demonstrative consumption is realized by the efforts of various social actors as subjects of consumer relations. Its representatives are the new rich (in the 1990s - "new Russians") and representatives of the upper middle class, remaining in the space of lumpen culture and sociality ("one-dimensional man"). Demonstrating such consumer behavior, an individual consumes goods and services that have a "sign" social value, that is, designed for a demonstration for show, and attends those events where one can clearly demonstrate his level of consumption and are prestigious themselves.
Keywords:
subjectivity, demonstrative consumption, everyday life, consumerist society, social reality

Author Biography

Ilya V. Pechkurov, South of Russia Branch of Federal Research Sociological Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Rostov-on-Don
Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Senior Researcher 

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Pechkurov, I. V. (2017). The Problem of Subjectivity in Historical and Actual Processes of the Demonstrative Consumption Manifestation in the Everyday Life in Russian Society. Humanities of the South of Russia, 6(6), 251-258. https://doi.org/10.23683/2227-8656.2017.6.22
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SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN MODERN SOCIETY