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Consumed How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole

Barber, Benjamin R.
Heftet / 2008 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780393330892
Publisert
2008-03-17
Utgiver
WW Norton & Co
Vekt
382 gr
Høyde
211 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
416

Forfatter
Barber, Benjamin R.

Biografisk notat

Benjamin R. Barber (1939—2017) was an American political theorist and author, perhaps best known for his 1995 bestseller, Jihad vs. McWorld.

Consumed How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole

Barber, Benjamin R.
Heftet / 2008 / Engelsk
Barber, Benjamin R.
Heftet / 2008 / Engelsk
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"Barber delivers a frightening analysis of the way consumerism is vitiating shoppers in the United States and around the world."

- Kirkus Reviews (starred review),

"This lifelong study of the effects of capitalism and privatization reveals a pervasiveness of branding and homogenization from which there is no turning back."

- Booklist,

"A remarkable book about the shifting nature of capitalism…Beguiling."

- Financial World,

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"[Barber's] thesis has genuine bite."

- Denver Post,

A powerful sequel to Benjamin R. Barber's best-selling Jihad vs. McWorld, Consumed offers a vivid portrait of a global economy that overproduces goods and targets children as consumers in a market where there are never enough shoppers—and where the primary goal is no longer to manufacture goods but needs. Disturbing, provocative, and compelling, this book examines phenomena as seemingly disparate as adolescent fashion trends for adults, megachurches, declining voter participation, the privatization of the public sphere, branding, and the rise of online shopping to show how the freedoms of the free market have undermined the freedoms of the deliberative adult citizen. Barber brings together extensive empirical research with an original theoretical framework for understanding our contemporary predicament.
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"Powerful and disturbing. No one who cares about the future of our public life can afford to ignore this book." —Jackson Lears

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"Barber delivers a frightening analysis of the way consumerism is vitiating shoppers in the United States and around the world."

- Kirkus Reviews (starred review),

"This lifelong study of the effects of capitalism and privatization reveals a pervasiveness of branding and homogenization from which there is no turning back."

- Booklist,

"A remarkable book about the shifting nature of capitalism…Beguiling."

- Financial World,

Se alle

"[Barber's] thesis has genuine bite."

- Denver Post,

A powerful sequel to Benjamin R. Barber's best-selling Jihad vs. McWorld, Consumed offers a vivid portrait of a global economy that overproduces goods and targets children as consumers in a market where there are never enough shoppers—and where the primary goal is no longer to manufacture goods but needs. Disturbing, provocative, and compelling, this book examines phenomena as seemingly disparate as adolescent fashion trends for adults, megachurches, declining voter participation, the privatization of the public sphere, branding, and the rise of online shopping to show how the freedoms of the free market have undermined the freedoms of the deliberative adult citizen. Barber brings together extensive empirical research with an original theoretical framework for understanding our contemporary predicament.
Les mer
"Powerful and disturbing. No one who cares about the future of our public life can afford to ignore this book." —Jackson Lears

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780393330892
Publisert
2008-03-17
Utgiver
WW Norton & Co
Vekt
382 gr
Høyde
211 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
416

Forfatter
Barber, Benjamin R.

Biografisk notat

Benjamin R. Barber (1939—2017) was an American political theorist and author, perhaps best known for his 1995 bestseller, Jihad vs. McWorld.

Relaterte produkter