Con$umed : how markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole
Title:
Con$umed : how markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole
Author:
Barber, Benjamin R., 1939-
ISBN:
9780393049619
9780393330892
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Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2007.
Physical Description:
x, 406 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
An examination of the effects of capitalism on American culture and society reveals how consumer capitalism overproduces goods, targets children as consumers, and replaces public goods with private commodities.
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Electronic Access:
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