Marxism focuses on the shaping of consciousness by experience, shaped in turn by the way society is organized, with its most basic roots in processes of production and reproduction. The Marxist analytic method, dialectical materialism, involves an iterative movement from holistic and concrete living phenomena to a ‘number of determinant, abstract, general relations’ and from there back to a more complex understanding of the living whole ( Marx, 1973: pp. 100–102). Tom Vickers, in International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition), 2015 Dialectical Materialism
Through the vertical comparison and horizontal comparison, readers can understand consumption – the core topic in economic and social development – from different angles. The vertical comparison in Consumption and Management focuses on the comparative analysis of the same comparable subject – consumption in different situations with different characteristics in different periods, and the horizontal comparison in the book focuses on the comparative analysis of the different consumption conditions and characteristics in the same period. The methods include theoretical comparative research, management comparative research, marketing comparative research, cross-cultural and cross-discipline comparative research, and so on. The comparative research methodĬomparative research methods are used a lot in Consumption and Management. Another feature of this book is that it pays great attention to sampling survey and typical investigation, so the data in the book are reliable and the conclusions are correct. Many conclusions in Consumption and Management are based on on-the-spot investigations, the usage of basic theories and research on internal rules of consumption. In the research mentioned in Consumption and Management, it always regards consumption as a complete and complex system so as to avoid one-sidedness. It investigates and researches the human consumption process using the perspective of a system.
The systematic analysis methodĬonsumption and Management regards consumption as a system and gives integrated analysis to the systematic factors to figure out the applicable solution for the problems. The two methods are used alternatively in Consumption and Management. The method judges the nature, features, and developing regulations of the object through the instinct and experience of the author, as well as the past and present conditions and the latest information of the objects. Based on the statistical data, a mathematical model is set up to analyze the indexes and their values. The Consumption and Management uses both qualitative and quantitative analyses. The qualitative and quantitative analysis method A great number of analyses of the economic and social problems are based on philosophical wisdom. The philosophical thinking runs through Consumption and Management. This method includes dialectical materialism and historical materialism. The five concrete research methods in Consumption and Management are discussed below.
HEGELIAN DIALECTIC MARX FULL
He inspires new ideas through continuous theoretical study and abundant practice for 60 years, and extracts the essence of his practice to build a theoretical concept, which is full of descriptive and explanatory features. The most outstanding one is that the author combines his practical experience closely with his theory at all times, especially his revolutionary method of tracking down the origin of consumption. The Consumption and Management employs scientific research methods. Bingxin Wu, in Consumption and Management, 2011 Research methods
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