Claiming for a political ethics of comsumption: Florence Kelley and the Consumer’s League

Authors

  • Adriana Gil Juárez Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Abstract

This text is a brief presentation of Florence Kelley’s article “Aims and Principles of the Consumers’ League” published in 1899 in the "“American Journal of Sociology”. It offers a brief introduction to some biographical notes and it also highlights some reflections on the current power of Florence Kelley’s life and work for the social transformation from the consumer’s point of view

Keywords

Consumption, Ethics, Politics, Social change, Rights

References

Cortina Adela (2002). Por una ética del consumo. Madrid: Taurus.

García Dauder, Silvia (2004). Conflicto y conciencia social en Jessie Taft. Athenea Digital, 6, Disponible en http://psicologiasocial.uab.es/athenea/index.php/atheneaDigital/article/view/152

García Dauder, Silvia (2008). Annie Marion MacLean: “madre de la etnografía contemporánea” y pionera en la Sociología por correspondencia. Athenea Digital, 13, 237-246. Disponible en http://psicologiasocial.uab.es/athenea/index.php/atheneaDigital/article/view/504

Author Biography

Adriana Gil Juárez, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Professora Associada. Departament de Psicologia social. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Professora Consultora. Estudis de Psicologia i Ciències de l'Educació. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. 

 

Florence Kelley

Published

2008-11-03

How to Cite

Gil Juárez, A. (2008). Claiming for a political ethics of comsumption: Florence Kelley and the Consumer’s League. Athenea Digital. Revista De Pensamiento E investigación Social, (14), 311–316. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/athenead/v0n14.584

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