Drawing on ecological economics, post-development studies, and political ecology, this
paper argues that sustainable development notions have run their course within …

Marketing theory has twisted and turned with the introduction of many theoretical
innovations. Yet, despite being influenced by various critical perspectives, the general …

Since the 1970s critical marketing scholars have called for systemic change to overcome the
ethical problems generated by consumption, such as unsustainable resource use, industry …

Assemblage and actor-network theories explain how markets and consumption are
constituted by heterogeneous resources that form part-whole relations at various scales …

We propose to intensify theorizing on retromarketing and nostalgic consumption by further
developing “hauntology” as a conceptual lens for assessing the retro aesthetic as a …

The most shameful moment came when computer science, marketing, design, and
advertising, all the disciplines of communication, seized hold of the word concept itself and …

In this paper, we challenge the prevalent idea that anti-consumption functions as an
ideological act of antagonism. We enlist the work of the late cultural theorist Mark Fisher to …

Following the recent# GameStop 'market disruption'where r/wallstreetbets 'rogue'traders
were able to momentarily topple billion dollar hedge funds, we employ Deleuze and …

The psychoanalytic tradition is split. Most marketing theorists work with a linguistic model,
treating the unconscious as an extension of conscious language. This article promotes the …

Prior consumer studies examined consumers in extraordinary contexts role playing and
transforming using magical thinking. This study investigates consumers becoming in …