In:
psychosozial, Psychosozial-Verlag GmbH and Co. KG, Vol. 45, No. 2 ( 2022-06), p. 5-14
Abstract:
Minimalist ways of life have become fashionable recently. In the present contribution and in this thematic issue minimalist forms of life shall be addressed beyond their shiny »Instagram-facade«. The research area in question belongs to works focussed upon the material dimension. This dimension has gained terrain – albeit not in all pertinent disciplines – due to the »material turn« in the humanities. In this editorial various aspects will revolve around scientific and popular discourses on minimalism. Among other issues, we will address questions as the following: What exactly is the appeal of the »lightness of being« and of letting go, but also of possessing material objects? What characterizes minimalism in its narrower and broader sense? And: What are the historical horizons of ideas and social movements in which minimalist ways of life are to be found? Since minimalism has increasingly become a subject of controversies in the last years, a further focus of our survey shall lie on critical discourses.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0171-3434
,
2699-1586
DOI:
10.30820/0171-3434-2022-2
DOI:
10.30820/0171-3434-2022-2-5
Language:
German
Publisher:
Psychosozial-Verlag GmbH and Co. KG
Publication Date:
2022
detail.hit.zdb_id:
282451-6
detail.hit.zdb_id:
3001796-8
SSG:
5,2
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