Consumo e hipermodernidad: una revisión de la teoría de Gilles Lipovetsky

Abstract

Gilles Lipovetsky has gradually become one of the most internationally acclaimed scholars in modern French sociology due to his sharp analyses on post-modern societies. In this paper we will develop a critical revision of his main lines of thought. Our goal is to reflect upon the limits of Lipovetsky’s approach to concepts such as post-modernity, hypermodernity and consumption.