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
0393049612 hardcover 9780393049619 : hardcover
013629205 UK
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