The Self-Manipulation of My Pervasive, Perceived Vital Energy through Product Use

An Introspective-Praxis Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID7842437
AuthorsStephen J Gould (0000-0001-8929-7899, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume18
Issue2
Pages194
Publication date1991-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Consumer Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0093-5301 • E-ISSN: 1537-5277
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1086/209252
OpenAlexW2002688569
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited22

Consumer researchers as well as others, have overlooked the perceived vital energy dimension of consumer behavior. To deal with this issue, this article uses an introspective-praxis approach to explore as "thickly" as possible the pervasive role perceived vital energy plays in one consumer's everyday use of products namely The author's own. In doing so, it introduces an energy-based model of product use that encompasses the characteristics/states of that vital energy and the product-related operation's employed by the consumer to manipulate those states. After these aspects of energy are considered, several thematic examples concerning its role and significance in his own consumption are discussed. Finally, implications for future research are considered. Copyright 1991 by the University of Chicago

Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive psychology · Energy (signal processing) · Epistemology · Introspection · Perspective (graphical) · Praxis · Product (mathematics) · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Multisensory perception and integration · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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