Juliet B. Schor Quotes

• Consumption is a social relationship, the dominant relationship in our society-one that makes it harder and harder for people to hold together, to create community.

  Juliet B. Schor

  People, Community, Together

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• We are social animals and we have a hierarachical and unequal society. It is a class society, and the class system creates and perpetuates the social role of consumption. We display our class membership and solidify our class positioning in large part through money, through what we have. Consumption is a way of verifying what you have and earn.

  Juliet B. Schor

  Animal, Class, Roles

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• Luchar por la longevidad a través de la versatilidad facilita lo que podríamos llamar un materialismo ecológico o verdadero. ... no somos verdaderamente materialistas porque no invertimos significados profundos o sagrados en los bienes materiales. En cambio, nuestro materialismo connota un deseo ilimitado de adquirir seguido de una mentalidad de usar y tirar. El verdadero materialismo podría formar parte de una nueva conciencia ecológica.

  Juliet B. Schor

  Desire, Might, Sacred

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• It is only by being exchanged that the products of labor acquire a socially uniform objectivity as values, which is distinct from their sensuously varied objectivity as articles of utility.

  Juliet B. Schor

  Objectivity, Uniforms, Articles

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• The history of clothing practices provides guidance for fashioning a new ethic that emphasizes quality over quantity, longevity over novelty, and versatility over specialization. With such an ethic, consumers would demand a shift toward more timeless design, away from fast-moving trends. Clothes could become more versatile in terms of what they can be used for, their ability to fit differently shaped bodies and to be altered.

  Juliet B. Schor

  Moving, Practice, Clothes

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