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Lieferstatus:	i.d.R. innert 14-24 Tagen versandfertig
Veröffentlichung:	Januar 2002
Genre:	Soziologie
ISBN:	9780745317601
EAN-Code:	9780745317601
Verlag:	Pluto Press
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 135 mm / B 213 mm / D 15 mm
Gewicht:	242 gr
Seiten:	192
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Inhalt:

Life in the west is lived within a culture awash with the advertising, brand-names and labels of conspicuous consumerism. Accordingly, consumerism and consumer culture have become central to critical discussions of identity, postmodernity and culture as never before. And yet critiques of consumerism are largely confined to those who argue either for or against notions of elitism or manipulation. In the main, theorists such as Bauman, Giddens and Hall do not offer alternatives to consumerism, but argue that it is an all-enveloping and inescapable imperative, and a dominant motivation in contemporary life. This book challenges the assumptions behind these discussions of consumerism and broadens our understanding of the true nature of contemporary society. Lodziak argues that all-encompassing visions of consumerism are useful only as an ideology. They are not a realistic representation of modern culture and society, and, therefore, the understanding of identity that they offer is limited. In "The Myth of Consumerism" Lodziak opens up the debate, offering a cogent critique of consumer culture and analyzing the role it really plays in our lives.