James Fitchett
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 91037 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | James Fitchett |
| NOMBRES | James |
| APELLIDO | Fitchett |
| FIRMA | FITCHETT J |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Leicester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5796-659X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1998 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Let us not burden our remembrances with a heaviness that’s gone
As Brave New World approaches its centenary, this paper re-reads Huxley’s dystopia not merely as a critique of commodified pleasure and technocratic control, but as a speculative mirror of the endgame of Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) and the eclipse of the consumer as a viable subject. We argue that the novel prefigures a post-consumer horizon in which subjectivity is displaced by data, desire by prediction, and agency by code. Taking seriously r…
The attrition of consumer culture in America
Consumer culture has traditionally been analysed through the concept of ideological interpellation, whereby markets, brands and advertising continually hail individuals into recognition as consumer subjects. Contemporary capitalism increasingly displays an opposite tendency in the weakening or withdrawal of this address. Advertising circulates without attention, platforms process users as data rather than subjects, and the infrastructures that on…
Accumulation by symbolic dispossession
We examine the development of tourism in the Lofoten Islands in Norway to show how the operation of symbolic capital transforms the political economy of space. Whereas prior research has explored the role of symbolic capital in the formation and operation of state structures, less attention has been given to its role in neoliberal transformations within states and efforts to open new markets and opportunities for capital. Our empirical findings s…
Dystopia and quarantined markets - an interview with James Fitchett
We present an invited interview with Professor James Fitchett (University of Leicester) on the idea of dystopia and dystopic tendencies in the historical moment of the Covid-19 pandemic.(1) With his wonderfully nuanced background in psychoanalytic theory and a keen interest in understanding market phenomena critically through ideology, paradox, fantasy, simulation, narcissism and sadism among others, James provides a sweeping and sometimes surpri…
Visionary pragmatism
In these austere and efficient times take some reassurance from the observation that there is thankfully no shortage of monographs, articles and polemics that one can utilise in order to diagnose, ...
Myth and the market
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In the Family Way
Here we apply the multilevel narrative approach of critical oral history to develop intergenerational narratives that show how social change in consumer culture is enacted through family interrelations. The research uses intergenerational storytelling to describe memories of women as mothers and daughters in families. Places and practices around provisioning, budgeting, cooking, childcare, and domestic labour provide the setting in which the dial…
"Consumer experiences in the "house of the future
Technological and cultural change has led to the increased incorporation of surveillance techniques in all types of consumer research. This paper raises a number of topical controversies regarding the research potential, ethical status and practical consequences of these approaches. We report on a research project involving radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging of a family living in a “house‐of‐the‐future”, in order to address these quest…
The fantasies, orders and roles of sadistic consumption
Desire, fantasy and imagination are integral aspects of the consumption experience. This paper critically develops a Sadean analytical framework to further explore these aspects of consumption in contemporary cultural settings. The philosophy of the Marquis de Sade is introduced, followed by a detailed examination of Sadism as text and social structure. Five components of Sadean narratives are identified and applied in two consumer behavior cases…
Baudrillard in the museum
Here we consider whether jean Baudrillard's theory of ‘sign value’ and ‘political economy of the sign’ offer a credible alternative to economic and utilitarian definitions of value. We begin by introducing the concept of value as it has been conventionally understood, proceeding to an introduction of Baudrillard's notion of ‘sign value’. Drawing on the findings of a recently conducted research project into museum visiting, we discuss whether'sign…
Dystopia and quarantined markets - an interview with James Fitchett
We present an invited interview with Professor James Fitchett (University of Leicester) on the idea of dystopia and dystopic tendencies in the historical moment of the Covid-19 pandemic.(1) With his wonderfully nuanced background in psychoanalytic theory and a keen interest in understanding market phenomena critically through ideology, paradox, fantasy, simulation, narcissism and sadism among others, James provides a sweeping and sometimes surpri…
Accumulation by symbolic dispossession
We examine the development of tourism in the Lofoten Islands in Norway to show how the operation of symbolic capital transforms the political economy of space. Whereas prior research has explored the role of symbolic capital in the formation and operation of state structures, less attention has been given to its role in neoliberal transformations within states and efforts to open new markets and opportunities for capital. Our empirical findings s…
The fantasies, orders and roles of sadistic consumption
Desire, fantasy and imagination are integral aspects of the consumption experience. This paper critically develops a Sadean analytical framework to further explore these aspects of consumption in contemporary cultural settings. The philosophy of the Marquis de Sade is introduced, followed by a detailed examination of Sadism as text and social structure. Five components of Sadean narratives are identified and applied in two consumer behavior cases…
"Consumer experiences in the "house of the future
Technological and cultural change has led to the increased incorporation of surveillance techniques in all types of consumer research. This paper raises a number of topical controversies regarding the research potential, ethical status and practical consequences of these approaches. We report on a research project involving radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging of a family living in a “house‐of‐the‐future”, in order to address these quest…
In the Family Way
Here we apply the multilevel narrative approach of critical oral history to develop intergenerational narratives that show how social change in consumer culture is enacted through family interrelations. The research uses intergenerational storytelling to describe memories of women as mothers and daughters in families. Places and practices around provisioning, budgeting, cooking, childcare, and domestic labour provide the setting in which the dial…
Baudrillard in the museum
Here we consider whether jean Baudrillard's theory of ‘sign value’ and ‘political economy of the sign’ offer a credible alternative to economic and utilitarian definitions of value. We begin by introducing the concept of value as it has been conventionally understood, proceeding to an introduction of Baudrillard's notion of ‘sign value’. Drawing on the findings of a recently conducted research project into museum visiting, we discuss whether'sign…
Baudrillard in the museum
Here we consider whether jean Baudrillard's theory of ‘sign value’ and ‘political economy of the sign’ offer a credible alternative to economic and utilitarian definitions of value. We begin by introducing the concept of value as it has been conventionally understood, proceeding to an introduction of Baudrillard's notion of ‘sign value’. Drawing on the findings of a recently conducted research project into museum visiting, we discuss whether'sign…
The fantasies, orders and roles of sadistic consumption
Desire, fantasy and imagination are integral aspects of the consumption experience. This paper critically develops a Sadean analytical framework to further explore these aspects of consumption in contemporary cultural settings. The philosophy of the Marquis de Sade is introduced, followed by a detailed examination of Sadism as text and social structure. Five components of Sadean narratives are identified and applied in two consumer behavior cases…
"Consumer experiences in the "house of the future
Technological and cultural change has led to the increased incorporation of surveillance techniques in all types of consumer research. This paper raises a number of topical controversies regarding the research potential, ethical status and practical consequences of these approaches. We report on a research project involving radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging of a family living in a “house‐of‐the‐future”, in order to address these quest…
Myth and the market
Author has checked copyright
In the Family Way
Here we apply the multilevel narrative approach of critical oral history to develop intergenerational narratives that show how social change in consumer culture is enacted through family interrelations. The research uses intergenerational storytelling to describe memories of women as mothers and daughters in families. Places and practices around provisioning, budgeting, cooking, childcare, and domestic labour provide the setting in which the dial…
Visionary pragmatism
In these austere and efficient times take some reassurance from the observation that there is thankfully no shortage of monographs, articles and polemics that one can utilise in order to diagnose, ...
Accumulation by symbolic dispossession
We examine the development of tourism in the Lofoten Islands in Norway to show how the operation of symbolic capital transforms the political economy of space. Whereas prior research has explored the role of symbolic capital in the formation and operation of state structures, less attention has been given to its role in neoliberal transformations within states and efforts to open new markets and opportunities for capital. Our empirical findings s…
Dystopia and quarantined markets - an interview with James Fitchett
We present an invited interview with Professor James Fitchett (University of Leicester) on the idea of dystopia and dystopic tendencies in the historical moment of the Covid-19 pandemic.(1) With his wonderfully nuanced background in psychoanalytic theory and a keen interest in understanding market phenomena critically through ideology, paradox, fantasy, simulation, narcissism and sadism among others, James provides a sweeping and sometimes surpri…
Let us not burden our remembrances with a heaviness that’s gone
As Brave New World approaches its centenary, this paper re-reads Huxley’s dystopia not merely as a critique of commodified pleasure and technocratic control, but as a speculative mirror of the endgame of Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) and the eclipse of the consumer as a viable subject. We argue that the novel prefigures a post-consumer horizon in which subjectivity is displaced by data, desire by prediction, and agency by code. Taking seriously r…
The attrition of consumer culture in America
Consumer culture has traditionally been analysed through the concept of ideological interpellation, whereby markets, brands and advertising continually hail individuals into recognition as consumer subjects. Contemporary capitalism increasingly displays an opposite tendency in the weakening or withdrawal of this address. Advertising circulates without attention, platforms process users as data rather than subjects, and the infrastructures that on…
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