Qualité de vie et consommation soutenable : une perspective pratique

This text aims to reach a better understanding of the role of consumption with regard to the objective of sustainability of our lifestyles. We cross two themes: consumption and happiness, consumption and sustainability. The standard and institutionalist paradigms of sustainable consumption are quest...

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Main Author: Patrick Mardellat
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Réseau Développement Durable et Territoires Fragiles 2010-12-01
Series:Développement Durable et Territoires
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/developpementdurable/8429
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Summary:This text aims to reach a better understanding of the role of consumption with regard to the objective of sustainability of our lifestyles. We cross two themes: consumption and happiness, consumption and sustainability. The standard and institutionalist paradigms of sustainable consumption are questioned parts from the viewpoint of the Aristotelian tradition which shows their limits and failures. The quantitative approach of the limitation of consumption specific of these two approaches leads to a dead end. Then the reception of this notion of sustainable consumption in the practical tradition is sketched. The existence of an appropriate virtue for the economy, a place and an institution of the consumption welcomed in a constellation of possible political regimes clearly appear as the keystones of the practical conception of sustainable consumption.
ISSN:1772-9971