De la société de consommation à la société marchande.

How did we become consumers ? Athony Galluzzo explores the conversion of Westerners to consumerism during the 19th and 20th centuries. In this transdisciplinary approach, he highlights the significant social mutations induced by this change in the relationship of men to materiality which results in the constitution of a merchant society. The author also points how the merchants enforce their power in this type of society. [...]

Lisbonne, 21e siècle.

Vers un nouvel espace référentiel du centre urbain : emprise marchande, aménagement certifié, libéralisme multiculturel.

This text questions the dynamics of urban government, which claims to guarantee a set of individual and public goods through the standard and expert certification procedures. It pays attention to the economic properties of standards and the normative re-description of reality they operate. It focuses in particular on the city of Lisbon which, like other metropolitan areas in southern Europe, is planning redevelopment operations under the pressure of the economic and financial crisis. It discusses the advent of a [...]