近年来西方学界对英国消费社会兴起问题的研究  

A Review of Recent Western Researches on the Rise of British Consumer Society

作　　者：曹瑞臣[1,2] 

机构地区：[1]北京师范大学历史学院 [2]菏泽学院社会科学系,副教授北京100875

出　　处：《世界历史》2014年第6期101-113,160,共13页World History

摘　　要：光荣革命以来,英国日益迈入现代社会,消费活动在社会生产和生活领域占有日益重要的地位,逐渐成为经济增长和社会发展的重要动力。过去数十年来,以英国学者为代表的西方学界对近代英国消费社会兴起问题进行了深入探究。学者们主要从英国消费革命的具体表现形式、消费社会特征以及消费社会争论、奢侈推动资本主义和消费社会兴起、消费社会主体中产阶级崛起等方面,全面考察了17世纪晚期至18世纪以来,英国在思想文化、经济、社会等领域所发生的急剧社会变迁。Britain entered its modern phase after the Glorious Revolution. Consumption became increasingly influential in productions and daily lives,and functioned as the impetus of economic growth and social development. During the past decades,Western,especially British scholars have conducted extensive and intensive researches on the inception of British consumer society. Mainly focusing on the rise of consumer society,representations and characteristics of consumer society,the debate over consumer society,the influence of luxury on capitalism,and the rise of middle class,their works reviewed the vicissitudes in every aspect-culture,economy,society,etc.-of Britain during the late 17 thand 18th centuries.

关 键 词：西方学术界 现代英国 消费社会 

分 类 号：F156.1[经济管理—世界经济] K561[历史地理—历史学]