These products provide either hedonistic or symbolic value to the customer, meaning they just feel good or create an emotional attachment to the brand itself, something he likens to religion for many.
An obsessive impulse to steal regardless of economic need, usually arising from an unconscious symbolic value associated with the stolen item.
The symbolic value of these agreements is also important.
But the treasures had enormous symbolic value in both places.
"The motifs of eagle and pine tree were chosen for their symbolic value in both China and America," added Cai.
It was the fact that he was still at large and still defiant that made him significant, and his death takes that symbolic value away.
"The symbolic value of this kiss," Nicolas perella notes, "depends upon the deeply rooted idea of the kiss as a vehicle for the transference of power or souls."