Consumption and Its Consequences

by Daniel Miller

Book Overview

This is a book for those looking for different answers to some of today's most fundamental questions. What is a consumer society? Does being a consumer make us less authentic or more materialistic? How and why do we shop? How should we understand the economy? Is our seemingly insatiable desire for goods destroying the planet? Can we reconcile curbs on consumption with goals such as reducing poverty and social inequality?

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745661084
• ISBN13: 9780745661087
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.9"