Secondhandedness: Consumption, Disposal, and Absent Presence
Secondhandedness: Consumption, Disposal, and Absent Presence
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10.1068/d315t
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2004-02
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K. Hetherington
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K. Hetherington
在本文中，我认为，在目前广泛的消费社会学研究中，很少有直接涉及处置这一重要问题的。此外，我认为，处置不仅仅是关于废物和垃圾的问题，而是更广泛地涉及人们在社会关系中管理缺席的方式。我通过对玛丽道格拉斯、罗兰·芒罗、迈克尔·汤普森和罗伯特·赫兹的工作进行批判性的研究，发展了这一论点。我试图表明，处理从来不是最终的，因为是由垃圾的概念所暗示的，但涉及的问题，管理社会关系及其代表性的运动，改造，不完整性和返回的主题。我认为，与其把垃圾桶看作是消费者行为中处理垃圾的典型管道，倒不如把门看作是一个更好的例子。这对理解消费实践中的代表性、道德和社会关系管理等问题具有重要意义。
In this paper I argue that in the now-extensive work on the sociology of consumption there is very little that addresses directly the important issue of disposal. Furthermore, I argue that disposal is not just about questions of waste and rubbish but is implicated more broadly in the ways in which people manage absence within social relations. I develop this argument through a critical engagement with the work of Mary Douglas, Rolland Munro, Michael Thompson, and Robert Hertz. I seek to show that disposal is never final as is implied by the notion of rubbish but involves issues of managing social relations and their representation around themes of movement, transformation, incompleteness, and return. I suggest that rather than see the rubbish bin as the archetypal conduit of disposal within consumer practices the door might be seen as a better example. This has implications for understanding questions of representation, ethics, and the management of social relations within the practices of consuming.