Material Culture and Mass ConsumptionExploring materialism and social relationships in modern culture Material Culture and Mass Consumption offers an in depth exploration of objects, objectification, ideology, and materialism in modern society. Drawing from Hegel, Marx, Munn, and Simmel, the discussion delves into the physicality of the material world and attempts to understand materialism as a form of cultural expression. Targeting mass production as the root of mass consumption, rather