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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
European Studies
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Yuval Tal
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Teaching Staff:
Dr. yuval tal
Course/Module description:
The things we buy influence our daily lives and who we are. The material things we use — food, clothing, household goods, electric appliances — the cultural content we consume — sports, Netflix, concerts — as well as the personal and social things we desire — status, respect, self-fulfillment, sex, love — often appear in our lives through the act of consumption. Consumer culture shapes our desire to buy things or the notion that we must buy things. It also influences, in one way or another, our deepest needs and desires. This course will explore the history of consumption and consumer culture and the historical processes that made them pillars of modernity in Europe. We will read major works about consumption by prominent intellectuals such as Marx, Adorno, Bourdieu, Marcuse, and de Beauvoir. We will discuss the influence of consumption and consumer culture on political formations and social and cultural structures such as capitalism and class inequalities, liberalism and democracy, fascism and authoritarianism, and gender and sexuality. Throughout the course, we will question whether consumption is a liberating or oppressing element in modern Europe.
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Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Home Exam / Referat 70 %
Active Participation / Team Assignment 15 %
Attendance / Participation in Field Excursion 15 %
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