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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Main Author: María del Carmen Araya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2009-01-01
Series:Universitas Humanística
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Online Access:http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/univhumanistica/article/view/2129/1371
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spelling 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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author María del Carmen Araya
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Fear Deceives and Consumption Seduces – The Two Faces of the Dominant Psychological Model in Times of Globalization
Universitas Humanística
fear
politics
consumption
neoliberal politics.
author_facet María del Carmen Araya
author_sort María del Carmen Araya
title Fear Deceives and Consumption Seduces – The Two Faces of the Dominant Psychological Model in Times of Globalization
title_short Fear Deceives and Consumption Seduces – The Two Faces of the Dominant Psychological Model in Times of Globalization
title_full Fear Deceives and Consumption Seduces – The Two Faces of the Dominant Psychological Model in Times of Globalization
title_fullStr Fear Deceives and Consumption Seduces – The Two Faces of the Dominant Psychological Model in Times of Globalization
title_full_unstemmed Fear Deceives and Consumption Seduces – The Two Faces of the Dominant Psychological Model in Times of Globalization
title_sort fear deceives and consumption seduces – the two faces of the dominant psychological model in times of globalization
publisher Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
series Universitas Humanística
issn 0120-4807
2011-2734
publishDate 2009-01-01
description 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.
topic fear
politics
consumption
neoliberal politics.
url http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/univhumanistica/article/view/2129/1371
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