Fear Deceives and Consumption Seduces – The Two Faces of the Dominant Psychological Model in Times of Globalization
The principal objective of this essay is to explore some of the expressions of the dominant role that fear is playing as a social control mechanism and the production of nervous exaltation as incitement to consumption; both in the hands of political and business elites that try to guide countries su...
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doaj-929cf3277d85425c9db76f0a43b64a532020-11-24T21:12:13ZengPontificia Universidad JaverianaUniversitas Humanística0120-48072011-27342009-01-0167675579Fear Deceives and Consumption Seduces – The Two Faces of the Dominant Psychological Model in Times of GlobalizationMaría del Carmen ArayaThe principal objective of this essay is to explore some of the expressions of the dominant role that fear is playing as a social control mechanism and the production of nervous exaltation as incitement to consumption; both in the hands of political and business elites that try to guide countries such as Costa Rica towards an economic model based on privatization and exacerbated consumption in this 21st Century.http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/univhumanistica/article/view/2129/1371fearpoliticsconsumptionneoliberal politics. |
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María del Carmen Araya Fear Deceives and Consumption Seduces – The Two Faces of the Dominant Psychological Model in Times of Globalization Universitas Humanística fear politics consumption neoliberal politics. |
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Fear Deceives and Consumption Seduces – The Two Faces of the Dominant Psychological Model in Times of Globalization |
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Fear Deceives and Consumption Seduces – The Two Faces of the Dominant Psychological Model in Times of Globalization |
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Fear Deceives and Consumption Seduces – The Two Faces of the Dominant Psychological Model in Times of Globalization |
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Fear Deceives and Consumption Seduces – The Two Faces of the Dominant Psychological Model in Times of Globalization |
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Fear Deceives and Consumption Seduces – The Two Faces of the Dominant Psychological Model in Times of Globalization |
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fear deceives and consumption seduces – the two faces of the dominant psychological model in times of globalization |
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana |
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Universitas Humanística |
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0120-4807 2011-2734 |
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2009-01-01 |
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The principal objective of this essay is to explore some of the expressions of the dominant role that fear is playing as a social control mechanism and the production of nervous exaltation as incitement to consumption; both in the hands of political and business elites that try to guide countries such as Costa Rica towards an economic model based on privatization and exacerbated consumption in this 21st Century. |
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fear politics consumption neoliberal politics. |
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/univhumanistica/article/view/2129/1371 |
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