Commodities, Commodity Fetishism, and Commodification
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076868 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicholas Sammond (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosc074 |
| OpenAlex | W2914549449 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 11 |
Commodities are things that are useful, or that satisfy human needs. The requirements to which commodities are applied may be fundamental – such as food or shelter – or they may be more ephemeral, such as the desire to appear attractive or successful. The term “commodity” dates back to the late Middle Ages and once carried a variety of meanings, including advantage, convenience, ease, or, in Elizabethan slang, a woman or her genitals. As it is understood today, however, a commodity is a product that is bought and sold. This narrowing of the term came about with the rise of capitalism as the central organizing principle of Euro‐American economic and social life
Business · Capitalism · Commerce · Commodification · Commodity · Economics · Ephemeral key · Fetishism · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Product (mathematics · Slang · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Economic Theory and Policy · Law · Political Economy and Marxism
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2021 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |