SOCI 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Video Games Live, Compulsive Buying Disorder, Condom
4 Jun 2014
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***[exam] uses of freud- explains personality is socialized for social stability- cultural objects are planted in the super ego. Debt is manageable- that expensive car is putting you in debt, but you don"t care you love it (realistically- give up the car out of debt) Confessions of a shopaholic- she doesn"t understand why she is in debt - Call of duty- video games- live in a world of commodified violence- started with hugh hefner. Playboy magazines- getting a magazine the interest was high up there, but end of the month would go down, a new one then back up endless cycle. Condom" that is visible: thanatos-based critique of capitalism- goes back to 5th dimension of alienation - Ii 20th century marxism split into cultural from economic (and structural-global- wallerstein x don"t need) Not working is considered shameful- parents, adults reinforce being independent and working at legal age.
