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    The document defines material self as all the elements that reflect a person's identity, including their body, possessions, and home. It discusses how possessions can become part of people's extended self and influence how they view themselves. The document also examines how money can change people by affecting their social value, self-sufficiency, self-view, ethics, and risk of addiction. It analyzes the relationship between possessions and personal identity.

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    The document defines material self as all the elements that reflect a person's identity, including their body, possessions, and home. It discusses how possessions can become part of people's extended self and influence how they view themselves. The document also examines how money can change people by affecting their social value, self-sufficiency, self-view, ethics, and risk of addiction. It analyzes the relationship between possessions and personal identity.

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    Material Self

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    Rosen Anthony
    The document defines material self as all the elements that reflect a person's identity, including their body, possessions, and home. It discusses how possessions can become part of people's extended self and influence how they view themselves. The document also examines how money can change people by affecting their social value, self-sufficiency, self-view, ethics, and risk of addiction. It analyzes the relationship between possessions and personal identity.

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    Material Self

    Objectives:
    1. Define material self.
    2. Describe how material self affects a
    person.
    3. Explain the relationship between
    possessions and the extended self.
    Objects help make the person but they also show
    what a person is made off.

    Curtis (2017) manifested that cash can have


    serious bearing on one’s belief regarding the
    way a person views himself/herself. The
    following are evidences behind the idea that
    money truly can change people.
    A. Social and Business Value
    B. Self-Sufficiency and Services
    C. Self-View
    D. Ethics
    E. Addiction
    “Cycle of
    work and
    spend”
    Juliet Schor (1998)
    Possesions and
    the Extended
    Self
    Special Cases of Extended Self

    A. Collections (I shop, therefore I am)


    B. Pets as Extended Self
    C. Body Parts
    To sum it up:
    The Material Self refers to all the elements that reflect who a person
    is which includes his/her body, possessions and home.

    Materialism refers to the theory or belief that nothing exists except


    matter, its movements and its modifications.

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