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Barber, Benjamin R. 1939-2017

Con$umed how markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole Consumed Consumed Con $umed How markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole Benjamin R. Barber - 1. ed. - X, 406 S. 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-381) and index

The birth of consumers. Capitalism triumphant and the infantilist ethos ; From protestantism to puerility -- The eclipse of citizens. Infantilizing consumers: the coming of kidults ; Privatizing citizens: the making of civic schizophrenia ; Branding identities: the loss of meaning ; Totalizing society: the end of diversity -- The fate of citizens. Resisting consumerism: can capitalism cure itself? ; Overcoming civic schizophrenia: restoring citizenship in a world of interdependence

The birth of consumers. Capitalism triumphant and the infantilist ethos ; From protestantism to puerility -- The eclipse of citizens. Infantilizing consumers: the coming of kidults ; Privatizing citizens: the making of civic schizophrenia ; Branding identities: the loss of meaning ; Totalizing society: the end of diversity -- The fate of citizens. Resisting consumerism: can capitalism cure itself? ; Overcoming civic schizophrenia: restoring citizenship in a world of interdependence

ISBN: 0393049612 hardcover 9780393049619 : hardcover

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013629205 UK

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Konsumentenverhalten
Kinder
Sozialpsychologie
Konsum
Materialismus
Ethik
Soziale Lage
Kapitalismus
Consumption (Economics)--United States
Consumer behavior--United States
Child consumers--United States
Capitalism--United States
Materialism--Social aspects--United States
Mass society

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Social conditions--1980-

Subjects--Index Terms: Class of Spring 2002 DaimlerChrysler Fellow

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Buch

LC Class. No.: HC110.C6

Dewey Class. No.: 339.4/70973