Abstract

Capitalism is a production system established on the widening of commodity production. This means that it tries to transform everything possible into commodity forms and capital has an everlasting effort to succeed and render sustainable this transformation. Nowadays, what is happening in cultural production sphere indicates that capital has been expanded in this domain as well. Consequently, there is a widespread industry that mediates culture and posits it as a commodity. In order to understand this industry, it is necessary to comprehend the commodity production processes in it. This brings on an inevitable discussion on whether these cultural products and practices are commodities or not.

Highlights

  • Capitalism is a production system established on the widening of commodity production

  • Instead of conceptualizing arbitrarily cultural products and practices in order to put them in commodity form, just like stretching them in “Procrustes bed”, it is wiser to analyze them in the context of the peculiarity of their producers and their own “uniqueness”

  • When we focus on content, commodity character of the majority of cultural products and practices is questionable

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Introduction

Capitalism is a production system established on the widening of commodity production. Capital was not the bearer of a surplus value, contrary to any commodity From this perspective, instead of conceptualizing arbitrarily cultural products and practices in order to put them in commodity form, just like stretching them in “Procrustes bed”, it is wiser to analyze them in the context of the peculiarity of their producers and their own “uniqueness”. In this study, following this way, we will explore firstly why and how things acquire commodity forms by paying attention to whole capitalist production Based on this first analysis, we will try to determine whether cultural products and practices gain commodity forms according to their production processes in different production relations. Given that it is the main assumption of the study, this matter must be explained in detail

Commodification of Cultural Products and Practices
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