Question

Many fifteenth and sixteenth century Europeans collected non-Western objects like the Sapi-Portuguese saltcellar (c. 1490-1530). How can we problematize occidental consumers' attitudes towards these objects

Answer 1

Consumers' attitudes towards objects is called consumerism.

Consumerism

Consumerism is a term used to describe the tendency of equating personal happiness with the acquisition of material goods and consumption.

It is often associated with the criticism of consumption, first expressed by Karl Marx and Thorstein Wembley. It dates back to the first human civilizations.

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