Re-viewed: Alan Warde’s (2005) ‘Consumption and Theories of Practice’ in the Journal of Consumer Culture

This first set of re-views revisits a foundational text in the sociology of consumption, Alan Warde’s ‘Consumption and Theories of Practice’, published in the Journal of Consumer Culture in 2005. Rather than offering a single reading, the section brings together three commentaries written by people whose work has been influenced by the article. Dale Southerton positions Warde’s article within a series of intellectual ‘moments’ that have shaped his own research trajectory. Tamzin Rollason revisits the text from the perspective of sustainable consumption and fashion research. Finally, Torik Holmes invites a re-reading of Warde’s work as an intervention in the politics of consumption. Together, these re-views provide a glimpse into the past twenty years of debate at the intersection of practice theory and consumption and show how contributions like Warde’s article are interpreted and mobilised in current research.