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Material Self

The document defines material self as all the elements that reflect a person's identity, including their body, possessions, and home. It discusses how possessions can become part of people's extended self and influence how they view themselves. The document also examines how money can change people by affecting their social value, self-sufficiency, self-view, ethics, and risk of addiction. It analyzes the relationship between possessions and personal identity.

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265 views8 pages

Material Self

The document defines material self as all the elements that reflect a person's identity, including their body, possessions, and home. It discusses how possessions can become part of people's extended self and influence how they view themselves. The document also examines how money can change people by affecting their social value, self-sufficiency, self-view, ethics, and risk of addiction. It analyzes the relationship between possessions and personal identity.

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Material Self

Objectives:
1. Define material self.
2. Describe how material self affects a
person.
3. Explain the relationship between
possessions and the extended self.
Objects help make the person but they also show
what a person is made off.

Curtis (2017) manifested that cash can have


serious bearing on one’s belief regarding the
way a person views himself/herself. The
following are evidences behind the idea that
money truly can change people.
A. Social and Business Value
B. Self-Sufficiency and Services
C. Self-View
D. Ethics
E. Addiction
“Cycle of
work and
spend”
Juliet Schor (1998)
Possesions and
the Extended
Self
Special Cases of Extended Self

A. Collections (I shop, therefore I am)


B. Pets as Extended Self
C. Body Parts
To sum it up:
The Material Self refers to all the elements that reflect who a person
is which includes his/her body, possessions and home.

Materialism refers to the theory or belief that nothing exists except


matter, its movements and its modifications.

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