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dc.contributor.authorConti, Uliano
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-02T13:10:34Z
dc.date.available2020-11-02T13:10:34Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationConti, U. (2020). “Scarsità e sovranità. Riflessioni sulla sostenibilità alla luce delle idee di Dumouchel e Bataille.” Culture e Studi del Sociale, 5(1), 33-42.
dc.identifier.issn2531-3975
dc.identifier.urihttp://elea.unisa.it:8080/xmlui/handle/10556/4763
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.cussoc.it/index.php/journal/issue/archive
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.14273/unisa-2947
dc.description.abstractThe article proposes a reflection on two concepts, related to the theme of sustainability. The first is scarcity, the latter is sovereignty. The article considers the institution of the scarcity on a social level. In this perspective, scarcity is a set of goods and resources insufficient to satisfy the needs of all people. The paper emphasizes not only a natural dimension linked to human needs, but also a social dimension: the conditions for the institution of scarcity are not only economic, but related to power and interest to manage a resource. In this sense, scarcity is not just a natural fact. The idea of scarcity is socially established and the social institution of scarcity is a means of controlling the conflict. Secondly, the paper proposes the Bataillean concept of dépense, which includes not only the excessive consumption, but also the dimensions of luxury, of play, of art, of the sacred. In such dimensions, time and resources are not destined to a profit, but are an end in themselves, in a non-utilitarian way. The dépense implies sovereign attitudes and behaviours of people over things, thanks to a way of consuming goods according to a non-servile logic.
dc.format.extentP. 33-42
dc.language.isoitit_IT
dc.sourceUniSa. Sistema Bibliotecario di Ateneoit_IT
dc.subjectSociology
dc.subjectSociological theory
dc.subjectCapitalism
dc.subjectConsumption
dc.subjectScarcity
dc.titleScarsità e sovranità. Riflessioni sulla sostenibilità alla luce delle idee di Dumouchel e Batailleit_IT
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