Research Article

A Comparative Theoretical Discussion on the Modern and Postmodern Consumer Behaviors

Volume: 9 Number: 2 July 1, 2022
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A Comparative Theoretical Discussion on the Modern and Postmodern Consumer Behaviors

Abstract

To understand consumption, which is one of the most important factors of the post-modern period, it is necessary to examine it comparatively with modern consumption. Because the method of understanding Postmodernism, which was born as a reaction to Modernism, is to compare it with Modernism. In this study, the modern consumption is examined in a comparative way with the post-modern consumption. Although post-modern consumption is frequently studied in the literature, modern consumption has not been studied enough. Considering that post-modern consumption can be correctly understood by comparing it with modern consumption, the importance of this study also emerges. As a result, modern consumption is divided into functional consumption, socialist consumption, sustainable economy, rational consumption and supply-leading economy sub-dimensions. The equivalents of these dimensions in post-modern consumption are symbolic consumption, pleasure seeking, meta-orientation, experiential consuming, communicator, activist, individual consumption, asocial individualism, acceptance of differences, identity creator, decentered subject, paradoxical juxtaposition of opposites, sustainable consumption, reversal of production and consumption, greed, hyper-reality, shopping-focused behavior, impulse purchase and demand-leading economy. In the conclusion part, these determinations are classified and analyzed in a comparative way.

Keywords

Postmodern Consumption, Modern Consumption, Consumer Behavior, Postmodernism, Modernism

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APA
Karabıyık, H. Ç., & Elgün, M. N. (2022). A Comparative Theoretical Discussion on the Modern and Postmodern Consumer Behaviors. Optimum Ekonomi Ve Yönetim Bilimleri Dergisi, 9(2), 229-242. https://izlik.org/JA55GM46MB
AMA
1.Karabıyık HÇ, Elgün MN. A Comparative Theoretical Discussion on the Modern and Postmodern Consumer Behaviors. OJEMS. 2022;9(2):229-242. https://izlik.org/JA55GM46MB
Chicago
Karabıyık, Hüseyin Çağatay, and Mahmut Nevfel Elgün. 2022. “A Comparative Theoretical Discussion on the Modern and Postmodern Consumer Behaviors”. Optimum Ekonomi Ve Yönetim Bilimleri Dergisi 9 (2): 229-42. https://izlik.org/JA55GM46MB.
EndNote
Karabıyık HÇ, Elgün MN (July 1, 2022) A Comparative Theoretical Discussion on the Modern and Postmodern Consumer Behaviors. Optimum Ekonomi ve Yönetim Bilimleri Dergisi 9 2 229–242.
IEEE
[1]H. Ç. Karabıyık and M. N. Elgün, “A Comparative Theoretical Discussion on the Modern and Postmodern Consumer Behaviors”, OJEMS, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 229–242, July 2022, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA55GM46MB
ISNAD
Karabıyık, Hüseyin Çağatay - Elgün, Mahmut Nevfel. “A Comparative Theoretical Discussion on the Modern and Postmodern Consumer Behaviors”. Optimum Ekonomi ve Yönetim Bilimleri Dergisi 9/2 (July 1, 2022): 229-242. https://izlik.org/JA55GM46MB.
JAMA
1.Karabıyık HÇ, Elgün MN. A Comparative Theoretical Discussion on the Modern and Postmodern Consumer Behaviors. OJEMS. 2022;9:229–242.
MLA
Karabıyık, Hüseyin Çağatay, and Mahmut Nevfel Elgün. “A Comparative Theoretical Discussion on the Modern and Postmodern Consumer Behaviors”. Optimum Ekonomi Ve Yönetim Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 9, no. 2, July 2022, pp. 229-42, https://izlik.org/JA55GM46MB.
Vancouver
1.Hüseyin Çağatay Karabıyık, Mahmut Nevfel Elgün. A Comparative Theoretical Discussion on the Modern and Postmodern Consumer Behaviors. OJEMS [Internet]. 2022 Jul. 1;9(2):229-42. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA55GM46MB