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This provocative culmination of Barber's lifelong study of democracy and capitalism confronts the likely consequences of consumerism on our children, ...Show synopsisThis provocative culmination of Barber's lifelong study of democracy and capitalism confronts the likely consequences of consumerism on our children, our liberty, and our citizenship, and shows finally how citizens can resist and transcend the culture of over-consumption.Hide synopsis
Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole (W. W. Norton & Company) – Trade paperback (2008)
by
Benjamin R Barber
Trade paperback, W. W. Norton & Company 2008
English
406 pages
ISBN: 0393330893 ISBN-13: 9780393330892
"Consumed" offers a portrait of how adults are infantilised in a global economy that overproduces goods and targets children as consumers in a market where there are never enough shoppers. Driven by a frantic imperative to sell, consumer capitalism specialises today in the manufacture not of goods but of needs.This provocative culmination of Benjamin R. Barber's lifelong study of democracy and capitalism shows how the infantilist ethos deprives society of responsible citizens and displaces public goods with private ...Show more"Consumed" offers a portrait of how adults are infantilised in a global economy that overproduces goods and targets children as consumers in a market where there are never enough shoppers. Driven by a frantic imperative to sell, consumer capitalism specialises today in the manufacture not of goods but of needs.This provocative culmination of Benjamin R. Barber's lifelong study of democracy and capitalism shows how the infantilist ethos deprives society of responsible citizens and displaces public goods with private commodities. Traditional liberal democratic society is colonised by an all-pervasive market imperative. Barber confronts the likely consequences for our children, our freedom and our citizenship, and shows how citizens can resist and transcend the civic schizophrenia with which consumerism has infected them.Hide
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Okay, not the most fun read, but it is good for you.
It doesn't surprise me that so many online reviews I see of this book rate low. Most Americans, and I'm no different are reluctant to consider alternative philosophies on capitalism or marketing.
Benjamin Barber is not unlike all his predecessors ...
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