Online Retail as an Algorithmic Liturgy within Productivist Capitalism

Gilles Paché
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Gilles Paché: CERGAM - Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - UTLN - Université de Toulon

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Abstract: As online retail hardens into a global liturgy of convenience, it consolidates algorithmic power, normalizes exploitation, and deepens ecological collapse, demanding a radical rethinking of consumption beyond the dogma of productivist capitalism.

Keywords: Behavioral automation; Digital ritual; Ethical shopping; Material consequences; Algorithmic consumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-03
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Published in Mother Pelican: A Journal of Solidarity & Sustainability, 2026, 22 (3), pp.Article 13

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