Post-materialism

Post-materialism (Latin post, after ',' after ' and materialism ) is a term from sociology, political science and cultural theory, and refers to an attitude of individuals or entire populations (social environment ), not to aspire to the tangible material things, but the "behind" to want to reach the or " Parent ". For post-materialists the pursuit of material goods is of less importance than certain " abstract ", " higher" values ​​. These may include, for example, health, freedom, happiness, culture, education, animal or environmental protection.

Emergence of social change

According to Ronald Inglehart of post-materialism is a series of mental and physical security that yields a wealthy materialistic society. In such a society an ongoing individualization of people takes place, so that people living in a post-materialist society develop, via the existential needs addition, cultural, social and intellectual needs. The emergence of these needs in such a society founded Inglehart with the lack hypothesis, which states that each win the needs of esteem that is not yet satisfied and also are scarce. Through these social developments thus a change in values ​​was taking place.

Roland Benedikter lists the following features of a philosophical post-materialism: 1 ambivalence 2 blur 3 conflictuality, 4th openness and incompleteness, processuality 5, 6 indirectness and hovering, 7th and 8th Unexplizität Individualitätszentrierung.