A01=Benjamin R. Barber
Author_Benjamin R. Barber
branding
capitalism
Category=JBFS
citizens
consumer behavior
consumerism
consumption
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globalization
infantilization
mass society
materialism
privatization
Product details
- ISBN 9780393330892
- Weight: 382g
- Dimensions: 140 x 211mm
- Publication Date: 17 Mar 2008
- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Benjamin R. Barber (1939—2017) was an American political theorist and author, perhaps best known for his 1995 bestseller, Jihad vs. McWorld.
