消费文化的形成根源与平民化趋向

The Forming Root of Consumption Culture and Its Tendency of Getting Popular among Common People

关于消费社会的研究已引起了人们对消费文化的关注。消费文化的形成,与构成西方文化的基督教文化和古希腊文化有着紧密的联系。在欧洲人对外扩张的过程中,消费文化在世界范围内迅速传播,商品经济助长了这种传播的势头。当今社会,消费文化不再是贵族的特权,在中产阶级中也已经广泛流传,并且大有向平民渗透之势。

The research on consumption society has caused people＇ s concern with consumption culture. The forming of consumption culture has close link with Christian culture and ancient Greek culture. During the course of Europeans＇ expansion, consumption culture spread fast in the whole world. Commodity economy promoted the spread of the culture. In current society, consumption culture is no longer the nobles＇ right, but has widely spread among middle class, and it has even showed the tendency of getting popular among common people.