L8 Material Self

• MATERIAL SELF

  ·       The tangible elements of the self

  ·       Bodies, clothes, immediate family, home
• Material Self Investment Diagram: (1 is innermost)

  1. Body
  2. Clothes
  3. Immediate Family
  4. Home
• MATERIAL SELF INVESTMENT DIAGRAM: BODY

  ·       Innermost past of ourselves

  ·       We have an unbreakable connection to it

  ·       Body parts are essential to us = we feel come attachment/connection to them
• MATERIAL SELF INVESTMENT DIAGRAM: CLOTHES

  ·       Clothes allows one to express oneself

  ·       We Choose & wear clothes that reflect our self (Watson, 2014)
• William James

  ·       Says clothes is a fundamental component of the material

  ·       Influenced by Herman Lotze’s “Philosophy of Dress”
• MATERIAL SELF INVESTMENT DIAGRAM: IMMEDIATE FAMILY

  ·       Our parents, sibling etc. has a big impact to our self

  ·       We place a huge investment in our immediate family

  ·       We see them as the nearest replica of our self
• MATERIAL SELF INVESTMENT DIAGRAM: HOME

  ·       The place we live in

  ·       The “nest” of our selfhood * where our heart is
• BELK (1988)

  ·       The identification of the self to things starter in our infancy stage when we make a distinction among self & environment & others who may desire our possessions
• MATERIAL POSSESION

  ·       The physical items that individuals & entities can control

  ·       They hold value to people:

  • For their social statue, comfort
  • Emotional attachment they provide
  • For their practical utility