Signs of Power and the Power of Signs
Semiotics, Materiality, and the Political Economy of Status and Consumption
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20058745 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Hornborg (0000-0003-2102-5875, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 193-221 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Consumption, Status, and Sustainability (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/9781108874441.009 |
| OpenAlex | W2799792017 |
| ISBN | 9781108874441 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
This chapter uses ethnohistorical information on prehispanic Andean kingdoms to illuminate how semiotic and material aspects of political economy are intertwined in premodern and modern approaches to various kinds of signs of social status. It argues that both anthropologists and mainstream economists tend to focus on semiotic aspects of human societies while largely ignoring their material conditions and repercussions, which are fundamental to grasping the role of identity and consumption in aggravating global inequalities and unsustainability
Aesthetics · Art · Consumption (sociology) · Epistemology · Identity (music) · Mainstream · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Semiotics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Law · Philosophy
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |