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The myth of consumerism / Conrad Lodziak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lodziak, Conrad.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.
- Consumption (Economics).
- Consumer behavior.
- Consumers--Psychology.
- Consumers.
- Materialism.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 182 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Sterling, Virginia : Pluto Press, 2002.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Ideology of Consumerism
- 1 The Latest Ideology of Consumerism 11
- 2 The Symbolic Value of Consumption 30
- 3 Consumption, Identity and Lifestyle 48
- 4 Consumption as Freedom 68
- Part 2 Explaining Individual Consumption
- 5 Compelled to Consume 89
- 6 Compelled to Consume More 110
- Part 3 Consumption, Capitalism and Post-capitalism
- 7 Consumption for What? 133
- Digression: Elitism, Adorno and Football 161.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-176) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0745317618
- 074531760X
- OCLC:
- 48375986
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