不同的梦想:加拿大草原历史上的消费主义与社会转型

Connor J. Thompson
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摘要:本文对草原消费文化及其在该地区的发展进行了分析,认为区域分析有助于理解流行文化和消费主义如何随着时间的推移影响宗教史和更广泛的新自由主义社会史。与北美其他一些地区不同,加拿大大草原曾经受到新教社会福音思想的广泛影响,这种思想即使不是彻底的反资本主义,也服从社会主义,植根于合作伦理。这种情况在20世纪后半叶到21世纪发生了变化,该地区现在以加拿大保守主义的堡垒而闻名。声明自己没有宗教信仰的人数也急剧增加。在大草原发生重大社会经济变化的背景下,本文分析了个人主义日益增长的社会价值、“宗教”对历史参与者的内涵以及消费主义日益增长的影响。西埃德蒙顿购物中心的案例研究说明了消费主义和社会欲望的隔离对草原地区的重要性,以及在这些空间中培养的神话、符号和仪式的重要性。因此,在20世纪,当代流行文化和个人主义精神提供的梦想已经取代了社会福音和农民政党提供的梦想。本文最后指出,对北美不同地区的比较有助于更深入地理解流行文化和消费主义是如何影响他们的宗教历史的。
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To Dream Differently: Consumerism and Social Transformations in Canadian Prairie History
Abstract:This article offers an analysis of Prairie consumer culture and its development in the region, arguing for the utility of regional analysis in understanding how popular culture and consumerism have influenced religious history, and neoliberal social history more broadly, over time. Unlike some other regions of North America, the Canadian Prairies were once characterized by the widespread influence of Protestant social gospel thought, which was, if not outright anti-capitalist, amenable to socialism and rooted in cooperative ethics. This has changed in the latter half of the twentieth century into the twenty-first, where the region is now well known for being a bastion of Canadian conservatism. It has also seen a sharp increase in people stating that they have no religion. Foregrounding this transformation in the context of the significant socio-economic change of the Prairies, this article analyzes the increasing social valuation of individualism, the connotations that "religion" has for historical actors, and the growing influence of consumerism. A case study of the West Edmonton Mall illustrates how vital consumerism and the segregation of social desire is to the Prairie region and the importance of the myths, symbols, and rituals that are cultivated within such spaces. As such, the dreams offered by contemporary popular culture and individualist spiritualities have—over the course of the twentieth century—replaced those offered by the social gospel and farmer's political parties. This article concludes by suggesting that comparison of the different regions of North America can aid in more deeply understanding how popular culture and consumerism have influenced their religious history.
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