Styl życia w czasach indywidualizacji. O wolnym wyborze jako kryterium dyferencjacji społecznej
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2014
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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Lifestyle in Times of Individualization. Free Choice as a Criterion of Social Differentiation
Abstract
This article is a theoretical reflection on the changes of the quality of living “everyday life”, a category
of lifestyle, on the background of the socio-culturally based individualization. Apart form
customization, another analyzed category of this study is the concept of a “lifestyle”, the subject of
interest of many scientific disciplines which highlight the different constitutive features. Today’s
conditions of postmodernity based on flexibility, change, a lack of stability and predictability, are not
part of mainstream thinking about a lifestyle as a category closely-determined by external factors,
even such as class membership. For considering the changes in individuals’ daily lives, the subjective
aspect should take into account internal factors, such as free will or choice. Consumerism is no
doubt a contemporary trend which especially strongly changes postmodern societies, leading to
changes in the quality of daily life of individuals. This area of human activity has become a defining
force in a lifestyle, weakening the importance of class.
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lifestyle, individualization, postmodernity, choice
Citation
Studia Edukacyjne, 2014, nr 32, s. 63-77
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978-83-232-2837-0