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Title Shifting from Individual Opulence to Collective Well-Being: Replacing Luxury and Tourism as Human Stains by Nurturing a Positive Anthropocene
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Authors Cristini, H; Woodside, AG; Kauppinen-Räisänen, H
Title Shifting from Individual Opulence to Collective Well-Being: Replacing Luxury and Tourism as Human Stains by Nurturing a Positive Anthropocene
Year 2024
Published Journal Of Macromarketing, 44, 3
DOI 10.1177/02761467241237138
Abstract While prior research describes the transformation of luxury from a micro level with an individualistic focus to a macro level with a sustainable foundation, this study anticipates that a radical reconfiguration of individualistic-focused luxury and tourism to a meta level well-being perspective is necessary for nurturing a positive Anthropocene. Therefore, the study constructs the perspective that luxury and tourism can contribute to environmental and human well-being, which is transformative from an individualistic, dolce vita, luxury travel Zeitgeist (i.e., complementing Roth's tragedy, The Human Stain) to collective well-being that is authentic and holistically encompassing the entire ecosystem. The analyses here indicate that human attitudes, beliefs, and actions must change radically in configurations to embrace this meta-level luxury and tourism perspectives. The theoretical and practical reconfigurations include shifting from being selfish to generous, temporal to everlasting, exclusive to inclusive, hubris to humility, and linear to circular.
Author Keywords positive Anthropocene; sustainable; luxury; collective well-being; meta-level luxury
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:001190158900001
WoS Category Business
Research Area Business & Economics
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