Discussion: Hideyuki Sadakane & Ryo Hayashi: Where is Consumer Society and Fashion Heading? Mass Consumption? Ethical? ...Or?

Professor at Rikkyo University's College of Sociology, focusing on sociology, theory of consumer society, and historical sociology. Notable books include "地方都市を考える 「消費社会」の先端から'" (2015, Kadensha), "消費は誘惑する：一八、一九世紀日本の消費の歴史社会学" (2015, Seidosha), "サブカルチャーを消費する：20世紀日本における漫画・アニメの歴史社会学" (2021, Tamagawa University Publishing), and "消費社会を問いなおす" (2023, Chikuma Shobo).

Postdoctoral Fellow at the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, specializing in consumer society theory, intellectual history, and distribution history. From Tokushima Prefecture. Received his doctorate from the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo. Recent works include "〈消費者〉の誕生――近代日本における消費者主権の系譜と新自由主義" (Single-author publication, Ibunsha, to be published May 2023) and "労働と消費の文化社会学――やりがい搾取以降の「批判」を考える" (co-authored, Nakanishiya Publishing, January 2023).