Social Psychology and material culture

Authors

  • Ulpiano T. Bezerra de Meneses Universidade de São Paulo; Departamento de História, Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-47141996000100019

Keywords:

Material Culture, Material possessions, Social Psychology

Abstract

The A. appraises Helga Dittmar's contribution to the psychological understanding of material culture (The Psychology of material possessions. To have is to be). A short historical bockground is given for the study of material possessions operating as an "extended self". In spite of its usefulness as a repertoire of information of all kinds, Dittmar's book is nol yet the much needed synthesis of Social Psychology's pctential for a deeper knowledge of material culture, due to severa I gaps as well as to the cursory and encyclopaedic treatment of many central issues.

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1996-01-01

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MENESES, Ulpiano T. Bezerra de. Social Psychology and material culture . Anais do Museu Paulista: História e Cultura Material, São Paulo, v. 4, n. 1, p. 283–290, 1996. DOI: 10.1590/S0101-47141996000100019. Disponível em: https://www.periodicos.usp.br/anaismp/article/view/5344.. Acesso em: 17 may. 2024.