试论消费的社会文化功能

On Social and Cultural Function of Consume

消费绝不仅仅是为了满足人的生存需要,它同时还承担了一系列社会文化功能,诸如消费是人类生存和发展的必要条件;消费是人类社会再生产的基本环节;消费是社会交往的重要手段;消费是身份认同的重要方式;消费是文化认同的重要方式;消费是维护政治统治的重要手段。

Consume not only aims to meet human＇s survival needs, but also undertakes series of social and cultural function, such as： consume is the necessary condition of human＇s survival and development, a basic link in social reproducing process, an important method of social interaction, an important way of identity recognition and an important way of culture recognition, and also is an important method to maintain the political rule.