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The Revolution of the Practice of Payment

The Revolution of the Practice of Payment

Johannes Lenhard
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Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Cultural Studies - Miscellaneous, Distinction, London School of Economics , Cultural Theory, English, The categories of real and symbolic, material and meaning have for a long time bothered not only cultural theorists but also prominent philosophers and sociologists . Often the relationship between the two has been characterised in terms of ‘opposition’, ‘contrast’ or ‘incompatibility’. It can, however, be argued that this theorizing has – at least in cultural theory which is the strand of discourse that is dealt with in this paper – been replaced by a ‘unity’. More precisely, it is practice theory that has in several ways overcome the opposition and replaced it with an ‘inclusive view’ (e.g. Reckwitz ; Shove&Pantzar ). Going beyond the debate of ‘practice theory’ in its different forms and also exceeding the comparison of practice theory with other forms of cultural theory (see Reckwitz for an overview), this paper will make two First of all, if we focus on the more recent forms of practice theory (what Postill calls the ‘second wave’), it is indeed possible to abolish the above oppositions in favour of an inclusive notion of practice regarding material and meaning. We will try to provide a common theoretical understanding of practice in the first part of the following essay. Secondly, the main part of this paper consists of an applied case study, the ‘Revolution of the Practice of Payment’. We follow the approach developed by Shove and Pantzer towards Nordic walking in order to depict the development of payment practices from coin and paper to plastic money. In the last chapter of this paper, however, we will debate the notion whether it should do so. In this critical part, we will take into account arguments formulated on the one hand from material culture studies and on the other from language and representation studies in relation to payment practices in particular. Without questioning the general claim of practice theory, we show two alternative ways of describing payment. On the one hand we argue in the tradition of Shell and Baudrillard that payment became already with the advancement of paper money inherently immaterial and symbolic, whereas following Miller’s material studies on the other hand, payment will always be deeply linked to materiality – even in its most immaterial forms.
Language
English
Pages
26
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
January 30, 2012

The Revolution of the Practice of Payment

Johannes Lenhard
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Cultural Studies - Miscellaneous, Distinction, London School of Economics , Cultural Theory, English, The categories of real and symbolic, material and meaning have for a long time bothered not only cultural theorists but also prominent philosophers and sociologists . Often the relationship between the two has been characterised in terms of ‘opposition’, ‘contrast’ or ‘incompatibility’. It can, however, be argued that this theorizing has – at least in cultural theory which is the strand of discourse that is dealt with in this paper – been replaced by a ‘unity’. More precisely, it is practice theory that has in several ways overcome the opposition and replaced it with an ‘inclusive view’ (e.g. Reckwitz ; Shove&Pantzar ). Going beyond the debate of ‘practice theory’ in its different forms and also exceeding the comparison of practice theory with other forms of cultural theory (see Reckwitz for an overview), this paper will make two First of all, if we focus on the more recent forms of practice theory (what Postill calls the ‘second wave’), it is indeed possible to abolish the above oppositions in favour of an inclusive notion of practice regarding material and meaning. We will try to provide a common theoretical understanding of practice in the first part of the following essay. Secondly, the main part of this paper consists of an applied case study, the ‘Revolution of the Practice of Payment’. We follow the approach developed by Shove and Pantzer towards Nordic walking in order to depict the development of payment practices from coin and paper to plastic money. In the last chapter of this paper, however, we will debate the notion whether it should do so. In this critical part, we will take into account arguments formulated on the one hand from material culture studies and on the other from language and representation studies in relation to payment practices in particular. Without questioning the general claim of practice theory, we show two alternative ways of describing payment. On the one hand we argue in the tradition of Shell and Baudrillard that payment became already with the advancement of paper money inherently immaterial and symbolic, whereas following Miller’s material studies on the other hand, payment will always be deeply linked to materiality – even in its most immaterial forms.
Language
English
Pages
26
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
January 30, 2012

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