Consumed : how markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole / Benjamin R. Barber.
By: Barber, Benjamin R
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TextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2007Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-381) and index.Description: x, 406 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780393049619 (hardcover); 0393049612 (hardcover).Other title: Con $umed | How markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole.Subject(s): Consumption (Economics) -- United States | Consumer behavior -- United States | Child consumers -- United States | Capitalism -- United States | Materialism -- Social aspects -- United States | Mass society | United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020DDC classification: 339.4/60973 Online resources: Table of contents | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-381) and index.
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.
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